Test 8 · School councils and class reps
In a cartoon, the loudest animal always speaks at the meeting and the little mouse never gets a turn. What would fix it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: loudest animal, little mouse · What happens: speak, not get, fix · To what, where: cartoon, turn · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 a cartoon, the loudest animal always speaks at the meeting and the little mouse never gets a turn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speaks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 animal | det |
| 6 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 animal | amod |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speaks | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 speaks | advmod |
| 9 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 meeting | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 meeting | det |
| 12 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speaks | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 gets | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 mouse | det |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mouse | amod |
| 16 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gets | nsubj |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 gets | advmod |
| 18 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 speaks | conj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 turn | det |
| 20 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gets | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 speaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | the loudest animal | a cartoon | at the meeting; always property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | not get | present | the little mouse | a turn | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus |
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 would fix it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fix | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fix | aux |
| 3 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fix | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | would | turn | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary it=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A chair who decides who speaks next
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 chair | det |
| 2 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 speaks | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 decides | nsubj |
| 4 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 chair | acl:relcl |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 decides | obj |
| 6 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | next | next | ADV | _ | 6 speaks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | a chair | a chair | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent who=Topic | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | a chair | next property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Ending all meetings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ending | end | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 meetings | det |
| 3 | meetings | meeting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | gerund | all meetings | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality meeting=Eventuality |
Option 3
A louder mouse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mouse | det |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 mouse | amod |
| 3 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
More loud animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 loud | advmod |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 animals | amod |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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