Test 11 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

Two friends: one says "the best leader gets results", the other "the best leader is honest and fair". What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, best leader, other · What happens: say, get, be · To what, where: Two friends, results · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: Two friends: one says "the best leader gets results", the other "the best leader is honest and fair".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 friends	nummod
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 friends	acl:relcl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 gets	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leader	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 leader	amod
9	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gets	nsubj
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
11	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gets	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 gets	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 honest	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 other	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 honest	nsubj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 honest	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 leader	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 leader	amod
19	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 honest	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 honest	cop
21	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fair	cc
23	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 honest	conj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 honest	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 friends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	one	Two friends not said here		tree rules
2	get in a quote	present	the best leader	results		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	the other		honest property	tree rules
4	be in a quote		the other not said here			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: What is true?

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	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Leaders do not need either quality to do the job well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	6 quality	det
6	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 job	det
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obj
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Leaders	either quality					tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	either quality not said here	the job				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Option 2

Only the first friend can be right, because results are all that count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 right	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 friend	amod
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 right	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 right	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	cop
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 count	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 count	mark
10	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 count	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 count	cop
12	all	all	ADV	_	14 count	advmod
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 count	det
14	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the first friend					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	results	that count				all property	tree rules

Option 3

Only the second friend can be right, because honesty is all that counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 right	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
3	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 friend	amod
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 right	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 right	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	cop
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 right	punct
9	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 honesty	case
10	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 right	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 all	cop
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 honesty	appos
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 counts	nsubj
14	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 honesty	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the second friend					because honesty; right property	tree rules
2	count	present	honesty						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

People disagree, and each view has a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 view	det
6	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 disagree	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	People						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	each view	a reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient

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