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Test 8 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space". What is fair about polls?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gran, Reform, uncle · What happens: say, not win, watch, be · To what, where: space · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gran	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ruby	case
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Reform	Reform	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 win	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 win	aux
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 win	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 win	advmod
9	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 win	punct
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 uncle	nmod:poss
13	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 watch	punct
16	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 says	ccomp
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 space	det
18	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 watch	obj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 watch	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ruby's gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not win in a quote	future	Reform						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	Reform's uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	watch in a quote	infinitive		this space					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme

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 fair about polls?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 polls	case
5	polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fair	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Polls are always wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wrong	advmod
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2

Gran's guess is a poll

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 guess	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Gran	case
3	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poll	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poll	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 poll	det
6	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Gran's guess	a poll					tree rules
2	guess		Gran						nom guess «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Polls are the final result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 result	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 result	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 result	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 result	amod
5	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Polls	the final result					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A poll is a snapshot of today, not the final score

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 poll	det
2	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snapshot	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 snapshot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 snapshot	det
5	snapshot	snapshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 today	case
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snapshot	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 score	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 score	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 score	det
11	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 score	amod
12	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snapshot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a poll	a snapshot and the final score			today		tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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