Test 10 · Parties: teams with ideas
Mum says, rather formally, "A coalition government was formed in 2010." What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, government · What happens: say, form, mean · To what, where: coalition government, 2010 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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: Mum says, rather formally, "A coalition government was formed in 2010."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 formally | punct |
| 4 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 5 formally | advmod |
| 5 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 2 says | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 formed | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 formed | punct |
| 8 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 government | det |
| 9 | coalition | coalition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 government | compound |
| 10 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 formed | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 formed | aux:pass |
| 12 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 2010 | case |
| 14 | 2010 | 2010 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 formed | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mum | formally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | form in a quote | past · passive | a coalition government | 2010 | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | government | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The election was cancelled and put off for five whole years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 election | det |
| 2 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 put | cc |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cancelled | conj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 years | case |
| 9 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 years | nummod |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 years | amod |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | past · passive | the election | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put off | participle | year | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Two parties shared the running of the UK government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 parties | nummod |
| 2 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shared | nsubj |
| 3 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 running | det |
| 5 | running | running | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shared | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 government | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 government | det |
| 8 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 government | compound |
| 9 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 running | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | past | Two parties | the running of the UK government | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | the UK government | nom running «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3
One party won every single seat in Parliament that year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 party | nummod |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | nsubj |
| 3 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 seat | det |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 seat | amod |
| 6 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Parliament | case |
| 8 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obl |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | One party | every single seat | Parliament | year | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Eventuality |
Option 4
The government was run for a while by a big coal company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 government | det |
| 2 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux:pass |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 while | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 while | det |
| 7 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 company | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 company | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 company | amod |
| 11 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 company | compound |
| 12 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past · passive | a big coal company | the government | while | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |
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