Test 4 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street
An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!" What is the rule?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: American grandpa, president, they, grandpa, rule · What happens: say, be, let, go round · To what, where: grandpa, three · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grandpa | det |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grandpa | amod |
| 3 | grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rad | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 rad | punct |
| 7 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 president | det |
| 8 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rad | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rad | cop |
| 10 | rad | rad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | aux |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 rad | parataxis |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | obj |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 let | xcomp |
| 17 | round | round | ADV | _ | 18 three | advmod |
| 18 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 go | obj |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 rad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a American grandpa | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | that president | rad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | let in a quote | should | they | grandpa | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go round in a quote | infinitive | grandpa not said here | three | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location three=Theme |
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 the rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A US president can only be elected twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 president | det |
| 2 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 president | compound |
| 3 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 elected | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 elected | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 elected | aux:pass |
| 7 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 elected | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elect | can · passive | a US president | twice property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Only grandpas can vote for a third term
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 grandpas | advmod |
| 2 | grandpas | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 vote | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 vote | aux |
| 4 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 term | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 term | det |
| 7 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 term | amod |
| 8 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vote | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | can | grandpas | for a third term goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for term=Goal |
Option 3
A president must stand down after one year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 president | det |
| 2 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stand | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | aux |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 stand | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 year | nummod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand down | must | a president | year | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A president can be elected as many times as voters like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 president | det |
| 2 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 elected | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 elected | aux:pass |
| 5 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 times | amod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 elected | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 voters | case |
| 10 | voters | voter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 elected | obl:agent |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 voters | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elect | can · passive | voters | a president | time | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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