Test 8 · Parties: teams with ideas A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best." ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.) What is good about an independent?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbour, Ar, bostin · What happens: say, know, mean, be · To what, where: area · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best."
det nsubj case det compound nmod punct punct discourse punct nmod:poss amod case ccomp punct nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss obj advmod punct punct root A DET neighbour NOUN from ADP the DET Black PROPN Country PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Ar INTJ , PUNCT our PRON independent ADJ 's PART bostin NOUN ', PUNCT she PRON knows VERB our PRON area NOUN best ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 neighbour det 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 6 Country case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Country det 5 Black Black PROPN Number=Sing 6 Country compound 6 Country Country PROPN Number=Sing 2 neighbour nmod 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 says punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 15 bostin punct 10 Ar ar INTJ _ 15 bostin discourse 11 , , PUNCT _ 10 Ar punct 12 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 bostin nmod:poss 13 independent independent ADJ Degree=Pos 15 bostin amod 14 's 's PART _ 13 independent case 15 bostin bostin NOUN Number=Sing 7 says ccomp 16 ', ', PUNCT _ 15 bostin punct 17 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 knows nsubj 18 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 bostin acl:relcl 19 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 20 area nmod:poss 20 area area NOUN Number=Sing 18 knows obj 21 best well ADV Degree=Sup 18 knows advmod 22 . . PUNCT _ 15 bostin punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 15 bostin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a neighbour from the Black Country vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 know in a quote present neighbour our area well property vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer area=Stimulus
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: ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct nsubj punct punct conj xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Ar NOUN " PUNCT means VERB yes INTJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT bostin NOUN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB brilliant ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Ar punct 3 Ar AR NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Ar punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 means obj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 bostin punct 9 bostin bostin NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 bostin punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 bostin punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 13 brilliant brilliant ADJ Degree=Pos 12 means xcomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Ar vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic 2 mean present bostin brilliant property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is good about an independent?
nsubj cop case det obl punct root What PRON is AUX good ADJ about ADP an DET independent ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 good nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 good cop 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 independent case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 independent det 6 independent independent ADJ Degree=Pos 3 good obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 good punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present about a independent; good property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer They answer only to local voters, though they have no party team to help
The tree, 14 words nsubj advmod case amod obj punct mark nsubj conj det compound obj mark advcl root They PRON answer VERB only ADV to ADP local ADJ voters NOUN , PUNCT though SCONJ they PRON have VERB no DET party NOUN team NOUN to PART help VERB 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 2 answer nsubj 2 answer answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 only only ADV _ 6 voters advmod 4 to to ADP _ 6 voters case 5 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 6 voters amod 6 voters voter NOUN Number=Plur 2 answer obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 have punct 8 though though SCONJ _ 10 have mark 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 have nsubj 10 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 answer conj 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 13 team det 12 party party NOUN Number=Sing 13 team compound 13 team team NOUN Number=Sing 10 have obj 14 to to PART _ 15 help mark 15 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 answer advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 answer speech: assert present They local voters vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent voter=Eventuality 2 have present voters = voter no party team vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient 3 help to-infinitive They not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 2 They never have to listen to voters at all
nsubj advmod mark xcomp case obl case obl root They PRON never ADV have VERB to PART listen VERB to ADP voters 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 3 have nsubj 2 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 have advmod 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 listen mark 5 listen listen VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 have xcomp 6 to to ADP _ 7 voters case 7 voters voter NOUN Number=Plur 5 listen obl 8 at at ADP _ 9 all case 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 listen obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not have present They tree rules 2 listen to-infinitive They not said here all to voters vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voter=Theme
Option 3 They have the biggest party machine behind them
nsubj det amod compound obj case nmod root They PRON have VERB the DET biggest ADJ party NOUN machine NOUN behind ADP them PRON 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 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 machine det 4 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 6 machine amod 5 party party NOUN Number=Sing 6 machine compound 6 machine machine NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 7 behind behind ADP _ 8 them case 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 machine nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present They the biggest party machine behind them = they vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient
Option 4 They always win every vote in Parliament alone
nsubj advmod det obj case obl advmod root They PRON always ADV win VERB every DET vote NOUN in ADP Parliament PROPN alone 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 3 win nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 win advmod 3 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 vote det 5 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 3 win obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 Parliament case 7 Parliament Parliament PROPN Number=Sing 3 win obl 8 alone alone ADV _ 3 win advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 win present They every vote Parliament alone, always property vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality
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