Test 6 · Parties: teams with ideas

Your uncle is well chuffed (very pleased) about a poll showing Reform UK doing well; your auntie is gutted (very upset). Which is the balanced view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: poll, Reform UK · What happens: chuff, show, do, gut, be · To what, where: uncle, auntie, balanced view · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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 uncle is well chuffed (very pleased) about a poll showing Reform UK doing well; your auntie is gutted (very upset).

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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chuffed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chuffed	aux:pass
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 chuffed	advmod
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 pleased	punct
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 pleased	advmod
8	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chuffed	parataxis
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 pleased	punct
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 poll	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 poll	det
12	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chuffed	obl
13	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 poll	acl
14	Reform	Reform	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 UK	compound
15	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 doing	nsubj
16	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 showing	ccomp
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 doing	advmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 gutted	punct
19	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 auntie	nmod:poss
20	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gutted	nsubj:pass
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 gutted	aux:pass
22	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 chuffed	conj
23	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 upset	punct
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 upset	advmod
25	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 gutted	parataxis
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 upset	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chuff	present · passive		Your uncle	about a poll; well property	tree rules
2	show	gerund	a poll not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	gerund	Reform UK		well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	gut	present · passive		your auntie		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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: Which is the balanced view?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 view	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 view	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 view	det
4	balanced	balanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 view	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the balanced view					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Supporters say it speaks for people who feel ignored; critics say its plans are too simple

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supporters	supporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speaks	nsubj
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speaks	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 feel	nsubj
8	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl
9	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 feel	xcomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
11	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 plans	nmod:poss
14	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 simple	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 simple	cop
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 simple	advmod
17	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Supporters		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other	present	it	for people	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feel	present	people		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	ignore	participle	people not said here		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	say speech: assert	present	critics		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is	present	its plans	simple property	tree rules
7	plan		its = it		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Polls show nothing about what people think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 show	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 nothing	nmod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Polls	nothing					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient about what=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	people						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is an evil party and nobody should talk about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 party	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 party	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
4	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 party	amod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 talk	cc
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 talk	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 talk	aux
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 party	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a evil party					tree rules
2	talk	should	nobody					about party	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 4

It is the perfect party and everyone should vote for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 party	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 party	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 party	det
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 party	amod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 vote	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 vote	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 vote	aux
9	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 party	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 vote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the perfect party					tree rules
2	vote	should	everyone					for party	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for it=Goal

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