Test 11 · School councils and class reps
In Toronto: "Survey? Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker." What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, problem · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: five loudest kids
This is test 11 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» 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 Toronto: "Survey?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Toronto | case |
| 2 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Survey | obl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Survey | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Survey | punct |
| 5 | Survey | survey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 Survey | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kids | det |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 kids | nummod |
| 7 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 kids | amod |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | iobj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eh | punct |
| 10 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 12 quicker | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 quicker | punct |
| 12 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 ask | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the five loudest kids | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
Sentence 3: What is the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The five loudest always know what everyone thinks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 five | det |
| 2 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 loudest | nsubj |
| 3 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 loudest | parataxis |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 thinks | obj |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 thinks | nsubj |
| 8 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | everyone | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 2
Quiet kids do not care about uniforms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 care | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 care | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 care | advmod |
| 5 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 uniforms | case |
| 7 | uniforms | uniform | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | Quiet kids | about uniforms | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about uniform=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Asking only the loud ones misses the quiet voices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 misses | csubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 ones | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ones | det |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ones | amod |
| 5 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Asking | obj |
| 6 | misses | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 voices | det |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voices | amod |
| 9 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 misses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the loud ones | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | miss | present | Asking | the quiet voices | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |
Option 4
Surveys are against school rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surveys | survey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rules | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rules | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 rules | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rules | compound |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Surveys | against school rules | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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