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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!"

amodnsubjpunctdetobl:unmarkedpunctpunctdetcompoundnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjccnsubjauxadvmodconjobjpunctpunctrootLittleADJsisNOUN,PUNCTaDETbitNOUNmardyADJ:PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETPrimePROPNMinisterPROPNbrokeVERBourPRONswingNOUNandCCONJhePRONwoAUXn'tPARTfixVERBitPRON!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LittlelittleADJDegree=Pos2 sisamod
2sissisNOUNNumber=Sing6 mardynsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 sispunct
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 bitdet
5bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing6 mardyobl:unmarked
6mardymardyADJDegree=Posrootroot
7::PUNCT_12 brokepunct
8""PUNCT_12 brokepunct
9ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Ministerdet
10PrimePrimePROPN_11 Ministercompound
11MinisterMinisterPROPNNumber=Sing12 brokensubj
12brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 mardyparataxis
13ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 swingnmod:poss
14swingswingNOUNNumber=Sing12 brokeobj
15andandCCONJ_19 fixcc
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 fixnsubj
17wowillAUXVerbForm=Fin19 fixaux
18n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg19 fixadvmod
19fixfixVERBVerbForm=Inf12 brokeconj
20ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 fixobj
21!!PUNCT_6 mardypunct
22""PUNCT_6 mardypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1break in a quotepastthe Prime Ministerour swingvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swing=Patient
2not fix in a quotefutureMinisterswingvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3swing in a quoteournom 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.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTmardyNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBgrumpyADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 mardypunct
3mardymardyNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 mardypunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6grumpygrumpyADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentmardygrumpy propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Who should the family write to?

nsubjauxdetnsubjoblpunctrootWhoPRONshouldAUXtheDETfamilyNOUNwriteVERBtoADP?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel5 writensubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 writeaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 familydet
4familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing5 writensubj
5writewriteVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6totoADP_5 writeobl
7??PUNCT_5 writepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1writeshouldvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

The King, since he owns all the swings

detnsubjpunctmarknsubjdet:predetdetobjrootTheDETKingPROPN,PUNCTsinceSCONJhePRONownsVERBallDETtheDETswingsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Kingdet
2KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing6 ownsnsubj
3,,PUNCT_6 ownspunct
4sincesinceSCONJ_6 ownsmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 ownsnsubj
6ownsownVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7allallDETPronType=Tot9 swingsdet:predet
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 swingsdet
9swingsswingNOUNNumber=Plur6 ownsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ownpresentthe Kingall swingsvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot swing=Theme

Option 2

The army, since it fixes everything

detnsubjpunctmarknsubjobjrootTheDETarmyNOUN,PUNCTsinceSCONJitPRONfixesVERBeverythingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 armydet
2armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing6 fixesnsubj
3,,PUNCT_6 fixespunct
4sincesinceSCONJ_6 fixesmark
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 fixesnsubj
6fixesfixVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot6 fixesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fixpresentthe armyeverythingvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The council

detrootTheDETcouncilNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 councildet
2councilcouncilNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Prime Minister, since he runs every park

detcompoundnsubjpunctmarknsubjdetobjrootTheDETPrimePROPNMinisterPROPN,PUNCTsinceSCONJhePRONrunsVERBeveryDETparkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Ministerdet
2PrimePrimePROPN_3 Ministercompound
3MinisterMinisterPROPNNumber=Sing7 runsnsubj
4,,PUNCT_7 runspunct
5sincesinceSCONJ_7 runsmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 runsnsubj
7runsrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8everyeveryDETPronType=Tot9 parkdet
9parkparkNOUNNumber=Sing7 runsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpresentthe Prime Ministerevery parkvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme park=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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