Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★ Dad, on a dreich Glasgow day: "Poll says most people hate the new park! They asked 20 folk at the car-park protest." ("dreich" means grey and wet.) What's wrong with the poll?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, most people, people, dreich · What happens: say, hate, ask, mean, be · To what, where: new park, 20 folk, park protest, grey · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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: Dad, on a dreich Glasgow day: "Poll says most people hate the new park!
nsubj punct case det conj compound appos punct punct nsubj amod nsubj ccomp det amod obj punct root Dad NOUN , PUNCT on ADP a DET dreich NOUN Glasgow PROPN day NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Poll NOUN says VERB most ADJ people NOUN hate VERB the DET new ADJ park NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 dreich punct 3 on on ADP _ 5 dreich case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 dreich det 5 dreich dreich NOUN Number=Sing 1 Dad conj 6 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 7 day compound 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 dreich appos 8 : : PUNCT _ 11 says punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 11 says punct 10 Poll poll NOUN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 13 people amod 13 people people NOUN Number=Plur 14 hate nsubj 14 hate hate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 says ccomp 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 park det 16 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 17 park amod 17 park park NOUN Number=Sing 14 hate obj 18 ! ! PUNCT _ 11 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express in a quote present Dad and a dreich vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hate in a quote present most people the new park vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer park=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: They asked 20 folk at the car-park protest."
nsubj nummod obj case det compound punct compound obl punct punct root They PRON asked VERB 20 NUM folk NOUN at ADP the DET car NOUN - PUNCT park NOUN protest NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 asked nsubj 2 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 folk nummod 4 folk folk NOUN Number=Sing 2 asked obj 5 at at ADP _ 10 protest case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 protest det 7 car car NOUN Number=Sing 9 park compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 car punct 9 park park NOUN Number=Sing 10 protest compound 10 protest protest NOUN Number=Sing 2 asked obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 asked punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 asked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past people 20 folk the park protest vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent folk=Recipient
Sentence 3: ("dreich" means grey and wet.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj cc conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT dreich NOUN " PUNCT means VERB grey ADJ and CCONJ wet ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 dreich punct 3 dreich dreich NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 dreich punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 wet cc 8 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 6 grey conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present dreich grey vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic
Sentence 4: What's wrong with the poll?
nsubj cop case det obl punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ with ADP the DET poll NOUN ? PUNCT 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 with with ADP _ 6 poll case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 poll det 6 poll poll NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present with the poll; wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice 20 people is far too many to ask in one poll
nummod nsubj cop advmod advmod mark advcl case nummod obl root 20 NUM people NOUN is AUX far ADV too ADV many ADJ to PART ask VERB in ADP one NUM poll NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 people nummod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 many nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 many cop 4 far far ADV Degree=Pos 6 many advmod 5 too too ADV _ 6 many advmod 6 many many ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to PART _ 8 ask mark 8 ask ask VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 many advcl 9 in in ADP _ 11 poll case 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 poll nummod 11 poll poll NOUN Number=Sing 8 ask obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present 20 people far, many property tree rules 2 ask speech: ask to-infinitive 20 people not said here one poll vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Polls taken on rainy days never count at all
nsubj acl case amod obl advmod case obl root Polls NOUN taken VERB on ADP rainy ADJ days NOUN never ADV count VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Polls poll NOUN Number=Plur 7 count nsubj 2 taken take VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Polls acl 3 on on ADP _ 5 days case 4 rainy rainy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 days amod 5 days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 taken obl 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 count advmod 7 count count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 at at ADP _ 9 all case 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 count obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take participle Polls not said here day vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 not count present Polls all vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer It asked only people who were already protesting
nsubj advmod iobj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl root It PRON asked VERB only ADV people NOUN who PRON were AUX already ADV protesting VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 asked nsubj 2 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 only only ADV _ 4 people advmod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 asked iobj 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 protesting nsubj 6 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 protesting aux 7 already already ADV _ 8 protesting advmod 8 protesting protest VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 people acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past It people vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient 2 protest speech: disagree past · progressive people vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Car parks are not allowed in polls by law
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case obl case obl root Car NOUN parks NOUN are AUX not PART allowed VERB in ADP polls NOUN by ADP law NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Car car NOUN Number=Sing 2 parks compound 2 parks park NOUN Number=Plur 5 allowed nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 allowed aux:pass 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 allowed advmod 5 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 polls case 7 polls poll NOUN Number=Plur 5 allowed obl 8 by by ADP _ 9 law case 9 law law NOUN Number=Sing 5 allowed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not allow present · passive law Car parks polls vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
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