Test 7 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning

Grandad grumbles, "Exit poll says Party A, so it's done, turn the telly off, it's a right bummer." Is it done?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Exit poll, poll · What happens: grumble, say, do, turn off, be · To what, where: poll, telly, right bummer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Grandad grumbles, "Exit poll says Party A, so it's done, turn the telly off, it's a right bummer."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grumbles	nsubj
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
5	Exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poll	compound
6	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grumbles	parataxis
8	Party	Party	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
9	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Party	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 done	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 done	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 done	nsubj:pass
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 says	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turn	punct
16	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 done	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 telly	det
18	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turn	obj
19	off	off	ADP	_	16 turn	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 bummer	punct
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 bummer	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 bummer	cop
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 bummer	det
24	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 bummer	amod
25	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grumbles	parataxis
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 bummer	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 bummer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	Grandad		vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Exit poll		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	do in a quote	present · passive		poll	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	turn off in a quote	infinitive		the telly	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent telly=Patient
5	is a in a quote	present	poll	a right bummer	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: Is it done?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 done	aux:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 done	nsubj
3	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · passive		telly					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the exit poll is the official result, announced on telly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 result	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poll	det
4	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poll	compound
5	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 result	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 result	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 result	det
8	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 result	amod
9	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 announced	punct
11	announced	announce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 result	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 telly	case
13	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 announced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the exit poll	the official result					tree rules
2	announce speech: other	participle		the official result not said here		telly			vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a guess; only the full count gives the result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 guess	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 guess	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 guess	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 guess	det
6	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 gives	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 count	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 count	det
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 count	amod
11	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	nsubj
12	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 guess	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 result	det
14	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a guess					tree rules
2	give	present	the full count	the result					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme

Option 3

No, because exit polls are only about the weather that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 weather	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 weather	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 weather	mark
4	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 polls	compound
5	polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 weather	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 weather	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 weather	advmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 weather	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 weather	det
10	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weather	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	exit polls				day	about the weather	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, because exit polls are never wrong about the winner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 wrong	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wrong	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 wrong	mark
4	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 polls	compound
5	polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wrong	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	cop
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 wrong	advmod
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 winner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 winner	det
11	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	exit polls					about the winner; wrong property	tree rules

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