Test 3 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

"I'm dead, he tripped on the stairs, he's way too old to be in charge" — what is the fair reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, he · What happens: be, trip · To what, where: stairs, way, charge, fair reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 dead	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 reply	csubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tripped	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tripped	nsubj
7	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	parataxis
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 stairs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stairs	det
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tripped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 way	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 way	cop
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tripped	obl
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 old	advmod
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
17	to	to	PART	_	20 charge	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 charge	cop
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 charge	case
20	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 old	xcomp
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 charge	punct
22	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 reply	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 reply	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 reply	det
26	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 reply	amod
27	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	27 reply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I			dead property	tree rules
2	trip in a quote	past	he		the stairs		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Trajectory
3	is a in a quote	present	he	way			tree rules
4	is in a quote	to-infinitive	he not said here		charge		tree rules
5	be speech: assert	present		the fair reply			tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because the clip went viral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 went	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clip	det
5	clip	clip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	viral	viral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the clip					viral property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, tripping once proves he cannot lead the country any more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tripping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tripping	trip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 proves	csubj
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 tripping	advmod
5	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lead	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 lead	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 lead	advmod
9	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 proves	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lead	obj
12	any	any	ADV	_	13 more	advmod
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 lead	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trip	gerund			once property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prove	present	tripping			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not lead	can	he	the country		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

One trip is one moment, not proof of how he does his job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 trip	nummod
2	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moment	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moment	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 moment	nummod
5	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 proof	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 proof	advmod
8	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moment	conj
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 does	mark
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 does	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 proof	acl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 job	nmod:poss
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	One trip	one moment and proof					tree rules
2	job		his = he						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, real leaders never trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 trip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 leaders	amod
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 trip	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 trip	advmod
6	trip	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trip	present	real leaders						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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