Test 5 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

Sunak announced the election in pouring rain, and a mate says "proper dreich, he had to do it on that day by law" (dreich = grey and wet). What is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sunak, mate · What happens: announce, say, have, do, be · To what, where: election, pouring rain, proper dreich, dreich · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, as reported» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Sunak announced the election in pouring rain, and a mate says "proper dreich, he had to do it on that day by law" (dreich = grey and wet).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunak	Sunak	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 announced	nsubj
2	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 election	det
4	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announced	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	pouring	pouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rain	compound
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announced	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mate	det
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 announced	parataxis
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 dreich	punct
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dreich	amod
15	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 had	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 says	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 do	mark
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 had	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 do	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 day	case
23	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 day	det
24	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 do	obl
25	by	by	ADP	_	26 law	case
26	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 do	obl
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 law	punct
28	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 dreich	punct
29	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 law	conj
30	=	=	SYM	_	31 grey	punct
31	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 dreich	amod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 wet	cc
33	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 grey	conj
34	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 dreich	punct
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 announced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	past	Sunak	the election	pouring rain			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent election=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	a mate	proper dreich				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dreich=Topic
3	have in a quote	past	mate					tree rules
4	do in a quote	to-infinitive	mate not said here	dreich		day	by law and dreich	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Elections are always held on the first Thursday in July, by law, whatever the weather is

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 held	advmod
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 Thursday	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Thursday	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 Thursday	amod
8	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 July	case
10	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Thursday	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 law	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 law	case
13	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whatever	punct
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 law	nmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 weather	det
17	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 whatever	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 whatever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive	law	Elections			thursday	always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is a	present	the weather	whatever					tree rules

Option 2

The King chooses the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chooses	nsubj
3	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weather	det
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chooses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	the King	the weather					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Prime ministers choose the date, as long as it is within five years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ministers	amod
2	ministers	minister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 long	punct
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 choose	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 years	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 years	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 years	cop
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	Prime ministers	the date				long property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme
2	is	present	date				within five years		tree rules

Option 4

The law fixes the date to the rainiest day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixes	nsubj
3	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixes	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	rainiest	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present	the law	the date			day		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent date=Patient

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