Test 11 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street
Dad, very formally, says, "The Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition shall now put the question." Who is that?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, Majesty · What happens: say, put, oppose, be · To what, where: Leader · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» 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, very formally, says, "The Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition shall now put the question."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 formally | punct |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 formally | advmod |
| 4 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 1 Dad | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Leader | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Leader | punct |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Leader | det |
| 10 | Leader | Leader | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 put | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Opposition | case |
| 12 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 13 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Opposition | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Majesty | case |
| 15 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 Opposition | amod |
| 16 | Loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Opposition | amod |
| 17 | Opposition | opposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Leader | nmod |
| 18 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 put | aux |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 put | advmod |
| 20 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 says | ccomp |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 question | det |
| 22 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 put | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 put | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put in a quote | shall | the Leader of Dad's Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition | now | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | ||||
| 3 | oppose in a quote | Dad's Majesty | nom opposition «act transitive»: 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: Who is that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Who | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Who | conj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Who | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The leader of the biggest party not in government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 leader | det |
| 2 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 party | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 party | det |
| 5 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 party | amod |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leader | nmod |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 government | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 government | case |
| 9 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leader | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The King's own personal secretary at Buckingham Palace
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 secretary | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 King | case |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 secretary | amod |
| 5 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 secretary | amod |
| 6 | secretary | secretary | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Palace | case |
| 8 | Buckingham | Buckingham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Palace | compound |
| 9 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 secretary | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The prime minister's oldest and best friend in the cabinet
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 | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 minister | amod |
| 3 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oldest | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 minister | case |
| 5 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 friend | cc |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 friend | amod |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oldest | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cabinet | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cabinet | det |
| 11 | cabinet | cabinet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oldest | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A judge who keeps order in the courtroom during trials
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 judge | acl:relcl |
| 5 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 courtroom | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 courtroom | det |
| 8 | courtroom | courtroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obl |
| 9 | during | during | ADP | _ | 10 trials | case |
| 10 | trials | trial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a judge | order | the courtroom | during trials | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent order=Theme in courtroom=Location |
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