Test 6 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "Heaps annoying" says Jake. What is the point being argued?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Teachers, Gran, Jake · What happens: strike, train, not visit, say, argue · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» 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: Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "
nsubj case obl punct parataxis det amod obl:unmarked punct cc nsubj aux advmod conj punct punct root Teachers NOUN strike VERB on ADP Tuesday PROPN , PUNCT trains VERB the DET next ADJ week NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ Gran PROPN ca AUX n't PART visit VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 2 strike nsubj 2 strike strike VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 4 Tuesday case 4 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN Number=Sing 2 strike obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 trains punct 6 trains train VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 strike parataxis 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 week det 8 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 9 week amod 9 week week NOUN Number=Sing 6 trains obl:unmarked 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 visit punct 11 and and CCONJ _ 15 visit cc 12 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 15 visit nsubj 13 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 visit aux 14 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 15 visit advmod 15 visit visit VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 trains conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 strike punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 2 strike punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 strike present Teachers tuesday vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location 2 train present week vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 not visit can Gran vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: Heaps annoying" says Jake.
nsubj ccomp punct nsubj punct root Heaps NOUN annoying ADJ " PUNCT says VERB Jake PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 2 annoying nsubj 2 annoying annoying ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 annoying punct 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote present Jake vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the point being argued?
nsubj:pass aux:pass det nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root What PRON is AUX the DET point NOUN being AUX argued VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 6 argued nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 argued aux:pass 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 point det 4 point point NOUN Number=Sing 6 argued nsubj:pass 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 argued aux:pass 6 argued argue VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 argued punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · passive vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Strikes are always against the law and the strikers all go to prison for it
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop advmod case det cc det conj advmod acl:relcl case obl case obl root Strikes NOUN are AUX always ADV against ADP the DET law NOUN and CCONJ the DET strikers NOUN all DET go VERB to ADP prison NOUN for ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Strikes strike NOUN Number=Plur 6 law nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 law cop 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 law advmod 4 against against ADP _ 6 law case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 law det 6 law law NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 strikers cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 strikers det 9 strikers striker NOUN Number=Plur 6 law conj 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 go advmod 11 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 law acl:relcl 12 to to ADP _ 13 prison case 13 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 11 go obl 14 for for ADP _ 15 it case 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Strikes against the law and the strikers; always property tree rules 2 go present the law and the strikers not said here prison for prison vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location
Option 2 Strikes only hurt the bosses and never the people who use trains
nsubj advmod det obj cc advmod det obl nsubj acl:relcl obj root Strikes NOUN only ADV hurt VERB the DET bosses NOUN and CCONJ never ADV the DET people NOUN who PRON use VERB trains NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Strikes strike NOUN Number=Plur 3 hurt nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 hurt advmod 3 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bosses det 5 bosses boss NOUN Number=Plur 3 hurt obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 3 hurt cc 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 people advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 people det 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 hurt obl 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 use nsubj 11 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 people acl:relcl 12 trains train NOUN Number=Plur 11 use obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt past Strikes the bosses the people obl vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boss=Patient 2 use present the people trains vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Strikes press for pay but are felt by everyone who uses the service
nsubj case obl cc aux:pass conj case obl nsubj acl:relcl det obj root Strikes NOUN press VERB for ADP pay NOUN but CCONJ are AUX felt VERB by ADP everyone PRON who PRON uses VERB the DET service NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Strikes strike NOUN Number=Plur 2 press nsubj 2 press press VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 4 pay case 4 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing 2 press obl 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 felt cc 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 felt aux:pass 7 felt feel VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 press conj 8 by by ADP _ 9 everyone case 9 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 7 felt obl 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 uses nsubj 11 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 everyone acl:relcl 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 service det 13 service service NOUN Number=Sing 11 uses obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 press present Strikes for pay vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent 2 feel present · passive everyone vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 use present the service vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Patient
Option 4 Teachers and train drivers just wanted a day off for fun
nsubj cc compound conj advmod det obl:unmarked compound:prt case obl root Teachers NOUN and CCONJ train NOUN drivers NOUN just ADV wanted VERB a DET day NOUN off ADP for ADP fun NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 6 wanted nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 4 drivers cc 3 train train NOUN Number=Sing 4 drivers compound 4 drivers driver NOUN Number=Plur 1 Teachers conj 5 just just ADV _ 6 wanted advmod 6 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 wanted obl:unmarked 9 off off ADP _ 6 wanted compound:prt 10 for for ADP _ 11 fun case 11 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 6 wanted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want off past Teachers and train drivers day for fun vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
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