Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★ The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: head, member council, we, out · What happens: veto, overrule, plan, be, win · To what, where: plan, head, three rule
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» 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: The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule.
det nsubj det nummod punct compound nmod:poss case obj punct nummod obl mark acl obj case det nummod punct nsubj punct case punct nummod obl punct root The DET head NOUN vetoes VERB the DET 9 NUM - PUNCT member NOUN council NOUN 's PART plan NOUN ; PUNCT 5 NUM vote NOUN to PART overrule VERB her PRON under ADP the DET two NUM - PUNCT out NOUN - PUNCT of ADP - PUNCT three NUM rule NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 head det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 vetoes nsubj 3 vetoes veto VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 council det 5 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 member nummod 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 9 punct 7 member member NOUN Number=Sing 8 council compound 8 council council NOUN Number=Sing 10 plan nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 council case 10 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 3 vetoes obj 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 vote punct 12 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 vote nummod 13 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 3 vetoes obl 14 to to PART _ 15 overrule mark 15 overrule overrule VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 vote acl 16 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 overrule obj 17 under under ADP _ 26 rule case 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 rule det 19 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 21 out nummod 20 - - PUNCT _ 21 out punct 21 out out NOUN Number=Sing 26 rule nsubj 22 - - PUNCT _ 26 rule punct 23 of of ADP _ 26 rule case 24 - - PUNCT _ 23 of punct 25 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 26 rule nummod 26 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 15 overrule obl 27 . . PUNCT _ 3 vetoes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 veto present the head the member council's plan 5 vote obl tree rules 2 overrule to-infinitive the head not said here head the three rule tree rules 3 plan the member council nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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: Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!"
punct punct nummod cop amod case obl punct nsubj conj punct punct root Rory PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT 5 NUM is AUX more ADJ than ADP half NOUN , PUNCT we PRON win VERB ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rory Rory PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 more punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 more punct 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 more nummod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 more cop 6 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Rory amod 7 than than ADP _ 8 half case 8 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 11 win obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 half punct 10 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 win nsubj 11 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 more conj 12 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Rory punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 1 Rory punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present more property tree rules 2 win in a quote present we than half vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present out right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, because 5 is two out of every three of 9
discourse punct case compound cop case case det nmod case nmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT because ADP 5 NUM is AUX two NUM out ADP of ADP every DET three NUM of ADP 9 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 two discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 two punct 3 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 4 5 case 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 two compound 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 two cop 6 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 7 out out ADP _ 10 three case 8 of of ADP _ 10 three case 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 three det 10 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 two nmod 11 of of ADP _ 12 9 case 12 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 three nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present 5 two every three of 9 tree rules
Option 2 Yes, more than half is always enough to overrule
discourse punct advmod fixed nsubj cop advmod mark advcl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT more ADJ than ADP half NOUN is AUX always ADV enough ADJ to PART overrule VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 enough discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV 5 half advmod 4 than than ADP _ 3 more fixed 5 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 8 enough nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 enough cop 7 always always ADV PronType=Tot 8 enough advmod 8 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 to to PART _ 10 overrule mark 10 overrule overrule VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 enough advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present half always, enough property tree rules 2 overrule to-infinitive half not said here tree rules
Option 3 No, because nothing can ever overrule a head
discourse punct mark nsubj aux advmod det obj root No INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ nothing PRON can AUX ever ADV overrule VERB a DET head NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 overrule discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 overrule punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 overrule mark 4 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 overrule nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 overrule aux 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 7 overrule advmod 7 overrule overrule VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 head det 9 head head NOUN Number=Sing 7 overrule obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 overrule can nothing a head ever tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer No, they needed 6
discourse punct nsubj obj root No INTJ , PUNCT they PRON needed VERB 6 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 needed discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 needed punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 needed nsubj 4 needed need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 needed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need past they 6 vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot 6=Theme
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