Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★
Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27." How close was it really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cousin, rep · What happens: lose, be · To what, where: class rep
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 texts | compound |
| 3 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Cousin | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Cousin | acl |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rep | compound |
| 8 | rep | rep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 bit | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 11 | teeny | teeny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bit | amod |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 13 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 18 27 | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 27 | punct |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 27 | case |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 27 | compound |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 27 | case |
| 18 | 27 | 27 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 bit | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | participle | Cousin and Kai texts not said here | class rep | by a teeny bit like 3 27 | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rep=Eventuality |
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: How close was it really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 close | advmod |
| 2 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 close | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 close | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 2 close | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 close | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | rep | close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Close, he only needed 3 more votes to win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 needed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Close | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 needed | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 needed | advmod |
| 5 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 votes | nummod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 votes | amod |
| 8 | votes | vote | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 needed | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 win | mark |
| 10 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 needed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | past | he | 3 more votes | close property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme | |||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Not close: the winner got nine times as many votes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 close | advmod |
| 2 | close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 winner | det |
| 5 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 close | conj |
| 7 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 many | advmod |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 votes | amod |
| 11 | votes | vote | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not close | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the winner | many votes | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |
Option 3
A tie, so they must hold the vote again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tie | det |
| 2 | tie | tie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hold | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 hold | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hold | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hold | aux |
| 7 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tie | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vote | det |
| 9 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hold | obj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 hold | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | must | they | the vote | again | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme |
Option 4
Very close, as close as a vote can get
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 close | advmod |
| 2 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 close | punct |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 close | advmod |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 close | conj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 vote | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 vote | det |
| 8 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 close | obl |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 close | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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