Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★
Little sis, a bit mardy: "The Prime Minister broke our swing and he won't fix it!" ("mardy" means grumpy.) Who should the family write to?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prime Minister, Minister, our, mardy · What happens: break, not fix, swing, mean, write · To what, where: swing
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Little sis, a bit mardy: "The Prime Minister broke our swing and he won't fix it!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sis | amod |
| 2 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mardy | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 sis | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mardy | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 broke | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 broke | punct |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Minister | det |
| 10 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 11 Minister | compound |
| 11 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | nsubj |
| 12 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mardy | parataxis |
| 13 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 swing | nmod:poss |
| 14 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 fix | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 fix | nsubj |
| 17 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 fix | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 fix | advmod |
| 19 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 broke | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 fix | obj |
| 21 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 mardy | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mardy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past | the Prime Minister | our swing | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swing=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not fix in a quote | future | Minister | swing | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | swing in a quote | our | nom swing «state intransitive»: 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: ("mardy" means grumpy.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 3 | mardy | mardy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 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 | mardy | grumpy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Who should the family write to?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 write | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 write | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 write | nsubj |
| 5 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 write | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 write | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | should | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The King, since he owns all the swings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 owns | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 owns | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 owns | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 owns | nsubj |
| 6 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 swings | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 swings | det |
| 9 | swings | swing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 owns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | the King | all swings | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot swing=Theme |
Option 2
The army, since it fixes everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 army | det |
| 2 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fixes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fixes | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 fixes | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fixes | nsubj |
| 6 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 fixes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | the army | everything | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 council | det |
| 2 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The Prime Minister, since he runs every park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Minister | det |
| 2 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 3 Minister | compound |
| 3 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 runs | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 7 runs | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 runs | nsubj |
| 7 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 park | det |
| 9 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 runs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | the Prime Minister | every park | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme park=Trajectory |
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