Test 6 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists
In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits." What is the fairer view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Great craic, fairer view · What happens: be · To what, where: eejits, Dublin
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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 Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Dublin | case |
| 2 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 eejits | obl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 craic | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 craic | punct |
| 5 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 craic | amod |
| 6 | craic | craic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 eejits | nsubj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 march | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 march | det |
| 9 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 craic | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sure | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 sure | cc |
| 12 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 craic | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lot | det |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lot | amod |
| 15 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sure | nsubj |
| 16 | across | across | ADP | _ | 18 road | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 road | det |
| 18 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lot | nmod |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 eejits | cop |
| 20 | eejits | eejit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 eejits | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 eejits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Great craic at the march | eejits | Dublin | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the fairer view?
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 | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fairer view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only one side may protest at a time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 side | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 side | nummod |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protest | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 protest | aux |
| 5 | protest | protest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protest speech: disagree | may | one side | time | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Counter-protests are always against the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter-protests | counter-protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 law | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 law | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 law | advmod |
| 4 | against | against | ADP | _ | 6 law | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 law | det |
| 6 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Counter-protests | against the law; always property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The other group disagrees and is also allowed to protest peacefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 group | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 group | amod |
| 3 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disagrees | nsubj |
| 4 | disagrees | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 allowed | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 8 allowed | advmod |
| 8 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 disagrees | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 protest | mark |
| 10 | protest | protest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 allowed | xcomp |
| 11 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 10 protest | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disagree | present | the other group | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | the other group not said here | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | protest speech: disagree not said to happen | to-infinitive | the other group not said here | peacefully property | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Anyone across the road must be wrong, because the bigger march is always the one that is right
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | across | across | ADP | _ | 4 road | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 road | det |
| 4 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Anyone | nmod |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 one | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 one | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 march | det |
| 11 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 march | amod |
| 12 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 one | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 one | cop |
| 14 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 16 one | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 one | det |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wrong | parataxis |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 right | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 right | cop |
| 19 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 one | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | Anyone | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the bigger march | the one | always property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | present | the one | right property | tree rules |
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