Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

Grandad in Boston: "Wicked close count. Ava 11, Ben 9, ten to go. Ava's got it in the bag!" ("wicked" means very.) Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, wicked · What happens: go, get, mean, be · To what, where: count, bag

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Grandad in Boston: "Wicked close count.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Boston	compound
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Boston	case
3	Boston	Boston	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 count	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 count	punct
6	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 count	amod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 count	amod
8	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Boston	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Boston	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Ava 11, Ben 9, ten to go.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 11	nmod:unmarked
2	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 9	punct
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 9	nmod:unmarked
5	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 11	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ten	punct
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 11	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ten	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 11	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Ava's got it in the bag!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bag	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	Ava	count		the bag			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Sentence 4: ("wicked" means very.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	wicked						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 5: Is he right?

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	wicked					right property	tree rules

The options

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

No, Ben still wins if he gets 7 or more of the last 10 votes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 wins	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wins	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 wins	advmod
5	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 gets	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wins	advcl
9	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 gets	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 more	cc
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 7	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 votes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 votes	det
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 votes	amod
15	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 votes	nummod
16	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 7	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Ben				still		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get a condition, not said to happen	present	Ben	7 of the last 10 votes					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 7=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, whoever leads after 20 votes always wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 leads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 leads	punct
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 leads	nsubj
4	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 votes	case
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 votes	nummod
7	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 leads	obl
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 wins	advmod
9	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 votes	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	whoever				after 20 votes		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	win	present	20 votes not said here					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, because Ben has already won the count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 won	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 won	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 won	mark
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 won	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 won	aux
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 won	advmod
7	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 count	det
9	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · perfect	Ben	the count					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, because Ben can only tie at the very best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 tie	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tie	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 tie	mark
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tie	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tie	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 tie	advmod
7	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 best	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 best	det
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 best	advmod
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	can	Ben			the best			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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