Test 11 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time." What's the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, We, best reply · What happens: say, not vote, waste, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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: A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 parliament	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parliament	det
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parliament	compound
6	parliament	parliament	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vote	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 vote	punct
10	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 vote	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 vote	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 vote	advmod
13	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wasting	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 wasting	advmod
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 wasting	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wasting	aux
18	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 vote	conj
19	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 time	nmod:poss
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wasting	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 vote	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 vote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl in a youth parliament		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not vote in a quote	can	We		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	waste in a quote	present · progressive	we	time	vn destroy-44 «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 best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

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

You can still speak for young people and talk to the adults who decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 speak	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 speak	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speak	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 talk	cc
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 speak	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 adults	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 adults	det
12	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 talk	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 decide	nsubj
14	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 adults	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	can	You	still	for young people	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	infinitive	You not said here		to the adults	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent
3	decide	present	the adults			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She is right, nobody listens to anyone under 18

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	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 listens	punct
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 listens	nsubj
6	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 listens	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 18	case
10	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 anyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	listen	present	nobody					to anyone	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anyone=Theme

Option 3

Young people can vote in real elections as long as they are members of it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 vote	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 vote	aux
4	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 elections	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 elections	amod
7	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 vote	obl
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 vote	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 members	case
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 members	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 members	cop
13	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 long	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	can	Young people			real elections		long property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	people					as members; of it	tree rules

Option 4

Youth parliaments choose the prime minister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parliaments	compound
2	parliaments	parliament	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
5	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minister	amod
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	Youth parliaments	the prime minister					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme

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