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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."

nsubjpunctadvmodadvmodpunctpunctdetcompoundnsubjaux:passconjcaseoblpunctpunctrootMumNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCTratherADVformallyADV,PUNCT"PUNCTADETcoalitionNOUNgovernmentNOUNwasAUXformedVERBinADP2010NUM.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 formallypunct
4ratherratherADV_5 formallyadvmod
5formallyformallyADV_2 saysadvmod
6,,PUNCT_12 formedpunct
7""PUNCT_12 formedpunct
8AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 governmentdet
9coalitioncoalitionNOUNNumber=Sing10 governmentcompound
10governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing12 formednsubj
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 formedaux:pass
12formedformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 saysconj
13ininADP_14 2010case
1420102010NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 formedobl
15..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
16""PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentMumformally propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2form in a quotepast · passivea coalition government2010vn 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?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXshePRONmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 meanaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meannsubj
4meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportgovernmentvn 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

detnsubj:passaux:passccconjcompound:prtcasenummodamodoblrootTheDETelectionNOUNwasAUXcancelledVERBandCCONJputVERBoffADPforADPfiveNUMwholeADJyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 electiondet
2electionelectionNOUNNumber=Sing4 cancellednsubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 cancelledaux:pass
4cancelledcancelVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 putcc
6putputVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 cancelledconj
7offoffADP_6 putcompound:prt
8forforADP_11 yearscase
9fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card11 yearsnummod
10wholewholeADJDegree=Pos11 yearsamod
11yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur6 putobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cancelpast · passivethe electiontree rules
2put offparticipleyearvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Two parties shared the running of the UK government

nummodnsubjdetobjcasedetcompoundnmodrootTwoNUMpartiesNOUNsharedVERBtheDETrunningNOUNofADPtheDETUKPROPNgovernmentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 partiesnummod
2partiespartyNOUNNumber=Plur3 sharednsubj
3sharedshareVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 runningdet
5runningrunningNOUNNumber=Sing3 sharedobj
6ofofADP_9 governmentcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 governmentdet
8UKUKPROPNNumber=Sing9 governmentcompound
9governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing5 runningnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sharepastTwo partiesthe running of the UK governmenttree rules
2runthe UK governmentnom running «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

One party won every single seat in Parliament that year

nummodnsubjdetamodobjcaseobldetobl:unmarkedrootOneNUMpartyNOUNwonVERBeveryDETsingleADJseatNOUNinADPParliamentPROPNthatDETyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 partynummod
2partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing3 wonnsubj
3wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4everyeveryDETPronType=Tot6 seatdet
5singlesingleADJDegree=Pos6 seatamod
6seatseatNOUNNumber=Sing3 wonobj
7ininADP_8 Parliamentcase
8ParliamentParliamentPROPNNumber=Sing3 wonobl
9thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem10 yeardet
10yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing3 wonobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1winpastOne partyevery single seatParliamentyearvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Eventuality

Option 4

The government was run for a while by a big coal company

detnsubjaux:passcasedetoblcasedetamodcompoundobl:agentrootTheDETgovernmentNOUNwasAUXrunVERBforADPaDETwhileNOUNbyADPaDETbigADJcoalNOUNcompanyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 governmentdet
2governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing4 runnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 runaux:pass
4runrunVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5forforADP_7 whilecase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 whiledet
7whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing4 runobl
8bybyADP_12 companycase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 companydet
10bigbigADJDegree=Pos12 companyamod
11coalcoalNOUNNumber=Sing12 companycompound
12companycompanyNOUNNumber=Sing4 runobl:agent
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpast · passivea big coal companythe governmentwhilevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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