Test 8 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot Your teacher asks, "Should prisoners vote?" A classmate says, "Obvs not, no country lets them." What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, prisoners, classmate, country · What happens: ask, vote, not say, let, be · To what, where: Obvs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 teacher asks, "Should prisoners vote?"
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct aux nsubj ccomp punct punct root Your PRON teacher NOUN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Should AUX prisoners NOUN vote VERB ? PUNCT " PUNCT 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 teacher nmod:poss 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 asks nsubj 3 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 vote punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 vote punct 6 Should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 vote aux 7 prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur 8 vote nsubj 8 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 asks ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 vote punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 8 vote punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Your teacher vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 vote in a quote should prisoners 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: A classmate says, "Obvs not, no country lets them."
det nsubj punct punct obj advmod punct det nsubj parataxis obj punct punct root A DET classmate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Obvs NOUN not PART , PUNCT no DET country NOUN lets VERB them PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 classmate det 2 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Obvs punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Obvs punct 6 Obvs obv NOUN Number=Plur 3 says obj 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 says advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 lets punct 9 no no DET PronType=Neg 10 country det 10 country country NOUN Number=Sing 11 lets nsubj 11 lets let VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says parataxis 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 lets obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 lets punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 11 lets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert present a classmate Obvs tree rules 2 let in a quote present no country Obvs = obv vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Sentence 3: What's wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing, no country has ever let them vote
nsubj punct det conj aux advmod obj xcomp root Nothing PRON , PUNCT no DET country NOUN has AUX ever ADV let VERB them PRON vote VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 let nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 country punct 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 country det 4 country country NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nothing conj 5 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 let aux 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 7 let advmod 7 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 let obj 9 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 let xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let present Nothing them = they ever tree rules 2 vote infinitive them = they not said here vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Every country forces prisoners to vote
det compound compound mark acl root Every DET country NOUN forces NOUN prisoners NOUN to PART vote VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 3 forces det 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 3 forces compound 3 forces force NOUN Number=Plur 4 prisoners compound 4 prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 to to PART _ 6 vote mark 6 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 prisoners acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 vote to-infinitive vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Prisoners can only vote for the prison guards who look after them
nsubj aux advmod case det compound obl nsubj acl:relcl case obl root Prisoners NOUN can AUX only ADV vote VERB for ADP the DET prison NOUN guards NOUN who PRON look VERB after ADP them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur 4 vote nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 vote aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 vote advmod 4 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 for for ADP _ 8 guards case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 guards det 7 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 8 guards compound 8 guards guard NOUN Number=Plur 4 vote obl 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 look nsubj 10 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 guards acl:relcl 11 after after ADP _ 12 them case 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 look obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 vote can Prisoners for the prison guards goal vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for guard=Goal 2 look present the prison guards after Prisoners = prisoner vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Some countries, like Ireland and Canada, do let them
det nsubj punct case nmod cc conj punct aux obj root Some DET countries NOUN , PUNCT like ADP Ireland PROPN and CCONJ Canada PROPN , PUNCT do AUX let VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 countries det 2 countries country NOUN Number=Plur 10 let nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Ireland punct 4 like like ADP _ 5 Ireland case 5 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 2 countries nmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 Canada cc 7 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 5 Ireland conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 2 countries punct 9 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 let aux 10 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 let obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let present · do-support some countries like Ireland and Canada Ireland vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
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