Test 4 · ★★★ · Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

Kai's aunt says "Obamacare saved me"; his uncle is salty because his costs went up (salty = annoyed). What is the best way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: aunt, Obamacare, uncle, costs, best way · What happens: say, save, be, go up, cost, see · To what, where: aunt, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Healthcare: who pays when you are ill» 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: Kai's aunt says "Obamacare saved me"; his uncle is salty because his costs went up (salty = annoyed).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 aunt	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kai	case
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 saved	punct
6	Obamacare	Obamacare	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saved	nsubj
7	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 saved	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 saved	punct
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 salty	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 uncle	nmod:poss
12	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 salty	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 salty	cop
14	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 went	mark
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 costs	nmod:poss
17	costs	cost	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 went	nsubj
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 salty	advcl
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 went	compound:prt
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 salty	punct
21	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
22	=	=	SYM	_	23 annoyed	punct
23	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 salty	conj
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 salty	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kai's aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save in a quote	past	Obamacare	Kai's aunt = aunt		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	is	present	Obamacare's uncle		salty property	tree rules
4	go up	past	Obamacare's costs			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	cost		Obamacare			nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=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: What is the best way to see it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The same law can help one person and cost another, so both stories are real

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
2	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 person	nummod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cost	cc
9	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	conj
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 cost	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 real	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 real	advmod
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 stories	det
14	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 real	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 real	cop
16	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 help	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	help	can	the same law		one person		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary
2	cost	infinitive	the same law not said here	another			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme another=Value
3	is	present	both stories			real property	tree rules

Option 2

Only the uncle can be telling the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 uncle	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 uncle	det
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 telling	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 telling	aux
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can · progressive	the uncle	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 3

Only the aunt can be telling the truth, because laws only ever help people

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 aunt	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 aunt	det
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 telling	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 telling	aux
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 help	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 help	mark
11	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 help	nsubj
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 help	advmod
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 help	advmod
14	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 telling	conj
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can · progressive	the aunt	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	help	infinitive	laws		people		ever		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Option 4

The law has never been used by anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 used	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 used	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · perfect · passive	anyone	the law					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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