Test 7 · School councils and class reps

In the Black Country: "Bostin' lollies, ta, I'll vote for ya!" What is wrong here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: vote, be · To what, where: Black Country

This is test 7 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 the Black Country: "Bostin' lollies, ta, I'll vote for ya!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 Country	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Country	det
3	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Country	compound
4	Country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vote	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 lollies	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Bostin	punct
7	Bostin	Bostin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lollies	compound
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 Bostin	punct
9	lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Country	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ta	punct
11	ta	ta	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lollies	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Country	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 vote	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 vote	aux
15	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ya	case
17	ya	ya	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vote	obl
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 vote	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 vote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote in a quote	future	I			the Black Country		for ya goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for ya=Goal

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 wrong here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 wrong	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Lollies are the only fair way to campaign, as long as every candidate hands out the same number

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 way	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 campaign	mark
8	campaign	campaign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hands	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 hands	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 hands	mark
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 candidate	det
14	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hands	nsubj
15	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	parataxis
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 hands	compound:prt
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 number	det
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 number	amod
19	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Lollies	the only fair way					tree rules
2	hand out	present	every candidate	the same number				long property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nothing, it is just being friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 friendly	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 friendly	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 friendly	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 friendly	advmod
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 friendly	cop
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Gifts for votes are a bribe, so the vote is about lollies not ideas

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bribe	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 votes	case
3	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gifts	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bribe	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bribe	det
6	bribe	bribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lollies	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 lollies	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vote	det
10	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lollies	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 lollies	cop
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 lollies	case
13	lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bribe	conj
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 ideas	advmod
15	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lollies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Gifts for votes	a bribe and lollies and ideas					tree rules
2	is	present	the vote					about lollies and ideas	tree rules

Option 4

Bribes are fine if the sweets are small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bribes	bribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 small	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sweets	det
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 small	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 small	cop
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bribes					fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the sweets					small property	tree rules

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