Test 2 · Parties: teams with ideas
A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?" ("Ken" means you know.) What is she supporting?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Glaswegian gran, Ken, you · What happens: say, want, ken, mean, know, support · To what, where: Scotland runnin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gran | det |
| 2 | Glaswegian | glaswegian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gran | amod |
| 3 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 SNP | punct |
| 7 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 10 SNP | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Aye | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 SNP | det |
| 10 | SNP | SNP | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 want | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 want | nsubj |
| 13 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 SNP | parataxis |
| 14 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 runnin | compound |
| 15 | runnin | runnin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 want | obj |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 runnin | punct |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 affairs | nmod:poss |
| 18 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 affairs | amod |
| 19 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 want | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ken | punct |
| 21 | ken | ken | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 want | parataxis |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 SNP | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 SNP | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | a Glaswegian gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | a Glaswegian gran = gran | Scotland runnin | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent runnin=Theme affair=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | ken in a quote | infinitive | 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: ("Ken" means you know.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Ken | punct |
| 3 | Ken | Ken | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Ken | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Ken | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | know | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: What is she supporting?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 supporting | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 supporting | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 supporting | nsubj |
| 4 | supporting | support | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 supporting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | support | present · progressive | Ken | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A ban on Scottish elections
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ban | det |
| 2 | ban | ban | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 elections | case |
| 4 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 elections | amod |
| 5 | elections | election | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ban | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Scottish independence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 independence | amod |
| 2 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Higher bus fares in London
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 fares | amod |
| 2 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fares | compound |
| 3 | fares | fare | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 London | case |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fares | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Scotland joining the USA
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 joining | nsubj |
| 2 | joining | join | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 USA | det |
| 4 | USA | USA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 joining | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | gerund | Scotland | the USA | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent usa=Patient |
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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