Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!" ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.) What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, that, delulu · What happens: get, be, mean, hope, not happen · To what, where: 9 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delulu	Delulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Delulu	flat
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Delulu	acl:relcl
7	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 got	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 votes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 votes	det
10	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 votes	nummod
11	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 9	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 more	punct
13	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 more	mark
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 more	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 more	cop
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 got	obj
17	than	than	ADP	_	18 half	case
18	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	16 more	obl
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	16 more	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	I	9 of the 20 votes					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 9=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	present	that					than half; more property	tree rules

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: ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 delulu	punct
3	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 delulu	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	hoping	hope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 happen	mark
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 happen	nsubj
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 happen	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 happen	advmod
11	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hoping	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mean	present	delulu	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hope	gerund		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	not happen	future		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What's wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

Nothing; anything close to 10 counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 anything	punct
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Nothing	conj
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 anything	amod
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 close	fixed
6	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 counts	nummod
7	counts	count	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 anything	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

More than half of 20 is at least 11, so 9 falls short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	3 half	advmod
2	than	than	ADP	_	1 More	fixed
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	9 11	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 20	case
5	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 half	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 11	cop
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 least	case
8	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 11	nmod
9	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 short	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 short	advmod
12	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 falls	nummod
13	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 short	nsubj
14	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 11	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	half of 20	11		least			tree rules
2	be		9 falls						tree rules

Option 3

More than half of 20 is exactly 10

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	3 half	advmod
2	than	than	ADP	_	1 More	fixed
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 10	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 20	case
5	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 half	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 10	cop
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 10	advmod
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	half of 20	10				exactly property	tree rules

Option 4

9 really is more than half of 20

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 more	cop
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 9	conj
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 half	case
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 more	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 20	case
8	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						than half of 20; more property	tree rules

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