Test 5 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning Your sister says, "The loser asked for a recount, so they must be a cheat, fr." ("fr" means "for real".) What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, loser, they, fr · What happens: say, ask, be, mean · To what, where: cheat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 2 «Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning» 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: Your sister says, "The loser asked for a recount, so they must be a cheat, fr."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct det nsubj ccomp case det obl punct advmod nsubj aux cop det obl punct conj punct punct root Your PRON sister NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT The DET loser NOUN asked VERB for ADP a DET recount NOUN , PUNCT so ADV they PRON must AUX be AUX a DET cheat NOUN , PUNCT fr NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 asked punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 asked punct 6 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 loser det 7 loser loser NOUN Number=Sing 8 asked nsubj 8 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 9 for for ADP _ 11 recount case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 recount det 11 recount recount NOUN Number=Sing 8 asked obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 18 cheat punct 13 so so ADV _ 18 cheat advmod 14 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 cheat nsubj 15 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 18 cheat aux 16 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 18 cheat cop 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 cheat det 18 cheat cheat NOUN Number=Sing 8 asked obl 19 , , PUNCT _ 20 fr punct 20 fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 18 cheat conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your sister vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 ask speech: ask in a quote past the loser for a recount vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is a in a quote must they a cheat and fr tree rules
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: ("fr" means "for real".)
punct punct nsubj punct punct case obl punct punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT fr NOUN " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT for ADP real ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 fr punct 3 fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 fr punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 real punct 7 for for ADP _ 8 real case 8 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obl 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 real punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present fr for real vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for real=Attribute
Sentence 3: What's wrong with that?
nsubj cop case obl punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ with ADP that PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 that case 5 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 wrong obl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present with that; wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 Recounts are only for winners who want even more votes than they got
nsubj cop advmod case nsubj acl:relcl advmod amod obj mark nsubj advcl root Recounts NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP winners NOUN who PRON want VERB even ADV more ADJ votes NOUN than SCONJ they PRON got VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Recounts recount NOUN Number=Plur 5 winners nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 winners cop 3 only only ADV _ 5 winners advmod 4 for for ADP _ 5 winners case 5 winners winner NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 want nsubj 7 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 winners acl:relcl 8 even even ADV _ 9 more advmod 9 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 votes amod 10 votes vote NOUN Number=Plur 7 want obj 11 than than SCONJ _ 13 got mark 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 got nsubj 13 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 want advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Recounts for winners tree rules 2 want present winners more votes vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme 3 get past Recounts = recount vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 Nothing, asking for a recount proves cheating
nsubj punct conj case det obl obj root Nothing PRON , PUNCT asking VERB for ADP a DET recount NOUN proves VERB cheating NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 proves nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 asking punct 3 asking ask VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Nothing conj 4 for for ADP _ 6 recount case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 recount det 6 recount recount NOUN Number=Sing 3 asking obl 7 proves prove VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 cheating cheating NOUN Number=Sing 7 proves obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask gerund Nothing not said here for a recount vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 prove present Nothing cheating vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheating=Theme
Option 3 Recounts are illegal in every country
nsubj cop case det obl root Recounts NOUN are AUX illegal ADJ in ADP every DET country NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Recounts recount NOUN Number=Plur 3 illegal nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 illegal cop 3 illegal illegal ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 country case 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 country det 6 country country NOUN Number=Sing 3 illegal obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Recounts every country illegal property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer A recount is a normal fair check when a result is very close
det nsubj cop det amod amod mark det nsubj cop advmod advcl root A DET recount NOUN is AUX a DET normal ADJ fair ADJ check NOUN when SCONJ a DET result NOUN is AUX very ADV close ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 recount det 2 recount recount NOUN Number=Sing 7 check nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 check cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 check det 5 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos 7 check amod 6 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 7 check amod 7 check check NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 when when SCONJ _ 13 close mark 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 result det 10 result result NOUN Number=Sing 13 close nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 close cop 12 very very ADV _ 13 close advmod 13 close close ADJ Degree=Pos 7 check advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a recount a normal fair check tree rules 2 is present a result close property tree rules
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