Test 1 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

Your mate says, "If ur smart enough u can vote at 10, no cap." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, smart enough u, truth · What happens: say, vote, be · To what, where: 10 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» 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 mate says, "If ur smart enough u can vote at 10, no cap."

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 vote	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 vote	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	12 vote	mark
7	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 u	nmod:poss
8	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 u	amod
9	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 u	amod
10	u	u	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vote	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 vote	aux
12	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 10	case
14	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 vote	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cap	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 cap	det
17	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vote	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 vote	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 vote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	vote a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	can	ur's smart enough u			10			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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: What's the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He's right, but only in the summer holidays when schools close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 holidays	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 holidays	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 holidays	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 holidays	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 holidays	det
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holidays	compound
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 close	advmod
12	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 close	nsubj
13	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 holidays	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			the summer holidays		right property	tree rules
2	close	present	schools						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He's right, there's a quiz you take at the polling station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 's	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 's	expl
6	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 quiz	det
8	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 's	nsubj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 take	nsubj
10	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quiz	acl:relcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 station	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 station	det
13	polling	polling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 station	compound
14	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			right property	tree rules
2	be	present	a quiz		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take	present	you	a quiz not said here	the polling station		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent quiz=Theme at station=Asset

Option 3

Anyone can vote if a teacher signs a note to say they're clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 vote	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 vote	aux
3	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 signs	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signs	nsubj
7	signs	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 vote	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 note	det
9	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signs	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 vote	advcl
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 clever	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 clever	cop
14	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	vote	can	Anyone			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sign a condition, not said to happen	present	a teacher	a note		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Destination
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	Anyone not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	they		clever property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The voting age is a fixed rule, not a cleverness test

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 age	det
2	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 age	compound
3	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 test	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 test	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 test	det
11	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 test	compound
12	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	the voting age	a fixed rule and a cleverness test					tree rules

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