Test 6 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names
In Singapore: "You tell me who your parents vote for, can or not?" What is a polite answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: tell, vote, be · To what, where: me, Singapore, polite answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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 Singapore: "You tell me who your parents vote for, can or not?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Singapore | case |
| 2 | Singapore | Singapore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| 5 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 vote | nsubj |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 parents | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 vote | nsubj |
| 11 | vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | ccomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 vote | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 can | punct |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | ccomp |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 not | cc |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 can | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present | You | me | Singapore | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | vote in a quote | present | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 a polite answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a polite answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"Your parents voted for the wrong one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 voted | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 voted | nsubj |
| 4 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 voted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 voted | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 voted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote in a quote | past | Your parents | for the wrong one goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for one=Goal |
Option 2
"Only if you give me your snack."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 2 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 give | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 give | nsubj |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 give | iobj |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 snack | nmod:poss |
| 8 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | present | you | your snack | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient snack=Theme |
Option 3
"They voted for the clever party."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 voted | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 voted | nsubj |
| 3 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 party | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 party | amod |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 voted | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 voted | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 voted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote in a quote | past | They | for the clever party goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for party=Goal |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"That's private in my family, sorry."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 private | punct |
| 2 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 private | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 private | cop |
| 4 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 family | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 private | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 4 private | discourse |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 private | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 private | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | That | my family | private property | tree rules |
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