Test 1 · How to check: who, how, who else

"legit, a boy in Year 6 said homework's banned by law" — what is the weak part?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, law · What happens: say, ban, be · To what, where: homework, weak part · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» 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	_	2 legit	punct
2	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 part	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Year	case
7	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nmod
8	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 Year	flat
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 legit	conj
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 banned	nsubj:pass
11	's	's	PART	_	10 homework	case
12	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 said	ccomp
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 law	case
14	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 banned	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 banned	punct
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 legit	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 part	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 part	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 part	det
20	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 part	amod
21	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	a boy in Year		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ban in a quote	participle · passive	law	homework	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
3	is a	present		the weak part	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

Nothing, it is clearly true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 true	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	6 true	advmod
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					clearly, true property	tree rules

Option 2

The law is too short to check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 short	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 short	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 short	advmod
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 check	mark
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 short	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the law					short property	tree rules
2	check	to-infinitive	the law not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

We do not know who first said it or how they know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 said	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 know	cc
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 know	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	We			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past		it	first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Year 6 boys always know about laws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boys	compound
2	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Year	flat
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 know	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 laws	case
7	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Year boys					about laws; always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about law=Stimulus

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