Test 9 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

"chur bro, chocolate makes you smarter, says scientists, choccy for brekkie!" What is likely in the study itself?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: chocolate · What happens: make, say, be · To what, where: you, scientists, study · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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: "chur bro, chocolate makes you smarter, says scientists, choccy for brekkie!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
2	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bro	compound
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bro	acl:relcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	smarter	smart	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 says	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 choccy	punct
13	choccy	choccy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scientists	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 brekkie	case
15	brekkie	brekkie	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 choccy	nmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make in a quote	present	chocolate	you				smart property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present		scientists and choccy for brekkie					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent scientist=Topic

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 is likely in the study itself?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 likely	cop
3	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 study	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 study	det
6	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 likely	obl
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 study	nmod:unmarked
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the study study		likely property	tree rules

The options

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

A small result that says "might" and "more research is needed"

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 result	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 result	amod
3	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 result	acl:relcl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 might	punct
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 might	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 needed	cc
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 needed	punct
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 research	amod
12	research	research	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 needed	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 needed	aux:pass
14	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	conj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 needed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a small result						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	need in a quote	present · passive		more research					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Proof that chocolate makes everyone a genius, whatever their age and however much they eat

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 chocolate	mark
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Proof	acl
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 makes	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 genius	det
7	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whatever	punct
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 genius	appos
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 age	nmod:poss
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whatever	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eat	cc
13	however	however	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADV	_	16 eat	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 eat	nsubj
16	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 makes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Proof	everyone					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product
2	eat	present	they						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nothing, studies never mention chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 studies	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	studies	study	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mention	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 mention	advmod
5	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	present	Nothing studies	chocolate					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chocolate=Topic

Option 4

A law that children must eat chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 eat	nsubj
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 law	acl:relcl
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	must	a law	chocolate					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient

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