Test 10 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council." What makes a good report back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Class rep · What happens: do, tell, happen, make · To what, where: needful, Delhi, us, council, good report · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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: In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Delhi	case
2	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 rep	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rep	punct
5	Class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rep	compound
6	rep	rep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
8	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 needful	det
11	needful	needful	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tell	cc
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 do	conj
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 tell	iobj
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 happened	nsubj
16	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	ccomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 council	case
18	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 happened	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	infinitive	Class rep	the needful		Delhi	kindly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Class rep not said here		us			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic
3	happen in a quote	past				council		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at council=Location

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 makes a good report back?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 report	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 report	amod
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 makes	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		a good report					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material report=Product

The options

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

Honestly saying what was asked, what was won and what was not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	2 saying	advmod
2	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saying	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 won	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 won	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 won	aux:pass
9	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saying	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 won	conj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past · passive		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	win	past · passive		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

Blaming the other reps for everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reps	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reps	amod
4	reps	rep	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Blaming	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 everything	case
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Blaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	gerund		the other reps				for everything	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rep=Theme for everything=Attribute

Option 3

Saying everything was won, even if it was not, so the class stays happy

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 stays	csubj
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 won	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 won	aux:pass
4	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Saying	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 not	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 not	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 not	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 not	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 not	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Saying	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stays	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 stays	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 class	det
14	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stays	nsubj
15	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	gerund				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past · passive		everything		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	stay	present	the class		happy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Keeping the meeting a secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meeting	det
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 secret	det
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		the meeting					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme

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