Test 9 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

Priya sees MPs jeering at PMQs: "why can grown-ups act like that??" What do some people say in its defence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Priya, MPs, grown ups, people, its · What happens: see, jeer, grow, act, be, say · To what, where: MPs, PMQs, defence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Priya sees MPs jeering at PMQs: "why can grown-ups act like that??"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sees	obj
4	jeering	jeer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 MPs	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 PMQs	case
6	PMQs	PMQs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 jeering	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 act	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 act	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 grown	advmod
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 grown	aux
11	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 ups	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 grown	punct
13	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 act	nsubj
14	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sees	parataxis
15	like	like	ADP	_	16 that	case
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 act	obl
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	14 act	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	Priya	MPs			tree rules
2	jeer	gerund	MPs not said here		PMQs		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow in a quote	can					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	act in a quote	present	grown ups			like that	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like that=Attribute

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 do some people say in its defence?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 defence	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 defence	nmod:poss
8	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is a	present			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	some people	its defence	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in defence=Manner
3	defend		its = it		nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

MPs are paid extra to shout, and the loudest one gets a bonus at the end of the year

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paid	amod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 shout	mark
6	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 extra	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gets	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bonus	det
14	bonus	bonus	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 year	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 year	det
20	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		MPs		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	shout speech: express	to-infinitive				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	present	the loudest one	a bonus	at the end of the year	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bonus=Theme at end=Asset

Option 2

Nobody ever questions the prime minister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 questions	compound
2	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 questions	advmod
3	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
5	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minister	amod
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 questions	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Leaders face hard questions in public, and noise is part of a lively debate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 face	nsubj
2	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 questions	amod
4	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 face	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 public	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 face	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 part	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 part	cc
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 part	cop
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 debate	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 debate	det
14	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 debate	amod
15	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	Leaders	hard questions				in public	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent question=Destination in public=Theme
2	is a	present	noise	part				of a lively debate	tree rules

Option 4

The Speaker leads the cheering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	the Speaker	the cheering					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheering=Theme

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