Test 3 · Parties: teams with ideas Your Gen X dad says, "Back in my day the Lib Dems were just the rad underdogs." ("Rad" means great, "underdogs" means the side not expected to win.) What is true about them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen, Lib Dems, Rad, underdogs, side · What happens: say, be, mean, not expect, win · To what, where: rad underdogs, side · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Your Gen X dad says, "Back in my day the Lib Dems were just the rad underdogs."
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod punct punct advmod case nmod:poss obl det compound nsubj cop advmod det amod acl:relcl punct punct root Your PRON Gen NOUN X SYM dad NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Back ADV in ADP my PRON day NOUN the DET Lib PROPN Dems PROPN were AUX just ADV the DET rad ADJ underdogs NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 Gen nmod:poss 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 X X SYM ExtPos=ADP 4 dad case 4 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 Gen nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 says punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 Back punct 8 Back back ADV _ 5 says advmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 day case 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 day nmod:poss 11 day day NOUN Number=Sing 8 Back obl 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 Dems det 13 Lib Lib PROPN Number=Sing 14 Dems compound 14 Dems Dem PROPN Number=Plur 19 underdogs nsubj 15 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 19 underdogs cop 16 just just ADV _ 19 underdogs advmod 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 underdogs det 18 rad rad ADJ Degree=Pos 19 underdogs amod 19 underdogs underdog NOUN Number=Plur 11 day acl:relcl 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your Gen x dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote past the Lib Dems the rad underdogs 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: ("Rad" means great, "underdogs" means the side not expected to win.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct conj det obj advmod acl:relcl mark xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Rad NOUN " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ , PUNCT " PUNCT underdogs NOUN " PUNCT means VERB the DET side NOUN not PART expected VERB to PART win VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Rad punct 3 Rad rad NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Rad punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 underdogs punct 9 underdogs underdog NOUN Number=Plur 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 underdogs punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 side det 13 side side NOUN Number=Sing 11 means obj 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 expected advmod 15 expected expect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 side acl:relcl 16 to to PART _ 17 win mark 17 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 expected xcomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 19 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Rad great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 mean present underdogs the side vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Topic 3 not expect participle the side not said here vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 4 win not said to happen to-infinitive the side not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is true about them?
nsubj cop case obl punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ about ADP them PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 5 them case 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 true obl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present about underdogs = underdog ; true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer They are a smaller UK party that often comes third
nsubj cop det amod compound nsubj advmod acl:relcl advmod root They PRON are AUX a DET smaller ADJ UK PROPN party NOUN that PRON often ADV comes VERB third ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 party nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 party cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 party det 4 smaller small ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 party amod 5 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 6 party compound 6 party party NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 comes nsubj 8 often often ADV _ 9 comes advmod 9 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 party acl:relcl 10 third third ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 comes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They a smaller UK party tree rules 2 come present a smaller UK party often, third property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 They are a club that only accepts dads
nsubj cop det nsubj advmod acl:relcl obj root They PRON are AUX a DET club NOUN that PRON only ADV accepts VERB dads NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 club nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 club cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 club det 4 club club NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 accepts nsubj 6 only only ADV _ 7 accepts advmod 7 accepts accept VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 club acl:relcl 8 dads dad NOUN Number=Plur 7 accepts obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They a club tree rules 2 accept present a club dads vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme
Option 3 They are a party with no ideas at all
nsubj cop det case det nmod case nmod root They PRON are AUX a DET party NOUN with ADP no DET ideas NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 party nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 party cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 party det 4 party party NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 ideas case 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 ideas det 7 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 4 party nmod 8 at at ADP _ 9 all case 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 party nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They a party all with no ideas tree rules
Option 4 They are the biggest and oldest party in the whole of the USA
nsubj cop det amod cc conj case det nmod case det nmod root They PRON are AUX the DET biggest ADJ and CCONJ oldest ADJ party NOUN in ADP the DET whole ADJ of ADP the DET USA PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 party nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 party cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 party det 4 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 7 party amod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 oldest cc 6 oldest old ADJ Degree=Sup 4 biggest conj 7 party party NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 10 whole case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 whole det 10 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 party nmod 11 of of ADP _ 13 USA case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 USA det 13 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 10 whole nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They the biggest party the whole of the USA tree rules
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