Test 8 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

Priya says: «Mum, Greta skipped school, so I can bunk off on Fridays too, yeah?» Which statement is fair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Priya, Mum, statement · What happens: say, skip, bunk off, be · To what, where: school · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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 says: «Mum, Greta skipped school, so I can bunk off on Fridays too, yeah?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Mum	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Mum	punct
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skipped	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Greta	punct
7	Greta	Greta	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mum	conj
8	skipped	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skipped	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bunk	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 bunk	advmod
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 bunk	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 bunk	aux
14	bunk	bunk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 bunk	compound:prt
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 Fridays	case
17	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 bunk	obl
18	too	too	ADV	_	14 bunk	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 yeah	punct
20	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	14 bunk	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Priya			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	skip in a quote	past	Mum and Greta	school		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Agent
3	bunk off in a quote	can	Priya		friday	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

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: Which statement is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which statement					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

People disagree: some say young people should protest, others that school comes first

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 disagree	parataxis
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protest	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 protest	aux
9	protest	protest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 others	punct
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protest	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 school	det
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 comes	nsubj
14	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 others	acl:relcl
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 protest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	People			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	some			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	protest speech: disagree	should	young people	others	first property	vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Topic
4	come	present	that school			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Greta never went to school at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greta	Greta	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 went	advmod
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	past	Greta			all		to school	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 3

Everyone agrees that all children must strike on Fridays instead of going to school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 strike	mark
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 strike	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 strike	aux
7	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agrees	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Fridays	case
9	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 strike	obl
10	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 going	mark
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 instead	fixed
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 strike	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 school	case
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	strike	must	all children		friday	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	go	gerund	all children not said here	school		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Skipping school is the law in Sweden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skipping	skip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 law	csubj
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Skipping	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Sweden	case
7	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	gerund		school					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Agent
2	is a	present	Skipping	the law		Sweden			tree rules

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