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Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

"My uncle says the King can block any law he hates, no cap." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, King · What happens: say, block, hate, be · To what, where: law · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: "My uncle says the King can block any law he hates, no cap."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 block	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 block	aux
8	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 block	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hates	nsubj
12	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 law	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cap	punct
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 block	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	My uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	block in a quote	can	the King	any law					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer law=Theme
3	hate in a quote	present	King	any law not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Stimulus

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: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, because the King writes every law himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 writes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 writes	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 writes	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 writes	nsubj
6	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 law	det
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 writes	obj
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 law	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	the King	every law King					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

Option 2

Yes, the King blocks a law most weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 blocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 blocks	nsubj
5	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blocks	obj
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 weeks	amod
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 law	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	the King	a law and most weeks					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer law=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only laws about his castles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 laws	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 laws	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 laws	advmod
5	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 castles	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 castles	nmod:poss
8	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laws	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By custom he always gives Royal Assent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 custom	case
2	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gives	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 gives	advmod
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Assent	amod
7	Assent	assent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	he	Royal Assent				by custom; always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assent=Theme

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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