Test 4 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

In Sydney, Kai's dad says, "Yeah nah, I'm not voting this time." ("Yeah nah" means no.) What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, no. · What happens: say, not vote, mean, happen · To what, where: Sydney, no. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: In Sydney, Kai's dad says, "Yeah nah, I'm not voting this time."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Sydney	case
2	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Sydney	punct
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Kai	case
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 nah	punct
10	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	11 nah	discourse
11	nah	nah	INTJ	_	16 voting	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nah	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 voting	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 voting	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 voting	advmod
16	voting	vote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 says	ccomp
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 time	det
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 voting	obl:unmarked
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kai's dad			Sydney			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not vote in a quote	present · progressive	Kai's dad = dad				time		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: ("Yeah nah" means no.) What could happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nah	punct
3	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 nah	discourse
4	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 means	discourse
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nah	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	6 means	obj
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 no.	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 happen	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 happen	aux
11	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 no.	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present		no.					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no.=Topic
2	happen	could	no.						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Someone else would vote for him by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 vote	nsubj
2	else	else	ADV	_	1 Someone	advmod
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 vote	aux
4	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 vote	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	would	Someone					for him = he goal; by law	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for he=Goal

Option 2

Nothing, voting in Australia is just for fun and nobody checks at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 fun	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 voting	punct
3	voting	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nothing	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Australia	case
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 voting	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fun	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 fun	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 checks	cc
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 checks	nsubj
12	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fun	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 checks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	vote	gerund		Australia		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Nothing		for fun	tree rules
3	check	present	nobody	all		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could get a small fine, because voting is compulsory in Australia

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 get	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fine	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fine	amod
6	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 compulsory	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 compulsory	mark
9	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 compulsory	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 compulsory	cop
11	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Australia	case
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 compulsory	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	could	He	a small fine					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fine=Stimulus
2	is	present	voting			Australia		compulsory property	tree rules

Option 4

He would go straight to prison for life

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 go	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 prison	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 prison	case
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	would	He			prison		for life	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location

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