Test 7 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street
A Canadian kid says, "The King's on our money, eh, but our PM runs the show." Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Canadian kid, PM, that · What happens: say, run, be · To what, where: show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A Canadian kid says, "The King's on our money, eh, but our PM runs the show."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | Canadian | Canadian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 money | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 money | case |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 money | nmod:poss |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 eh | punct |
| 14 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 12 money | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 runs | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 runs | cc |
| 17 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 PM | nmod:poss |
| 18 | PM | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 runs | nsubj |
| 19 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 show | det |
| 21 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 runs | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 runs | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Canadian kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | run in a quote | present | our PM | the show | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme show=Trajectory |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, the King runs Canada's government day to day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 runs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 runs | nsubj |
| 5 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 day | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Canada | case |
| 8 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 day | compound |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 runs | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 runs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | the King | day | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
No, the PM is just the King's driver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 driver | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 PM | det |
| 4 | PM | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 driver | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 driver | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 driver | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 driver | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 10 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the PM | the King's driver | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the King is head of state, but Canada's government makes the decisions
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 head | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 head | cop |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 state | case |
| 8 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 makes | cc |
| 11 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 government | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Canada | case |
| 13 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 makes | nsubj |
| 14 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 head | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 decisions | det |
| 16 | decisions | decision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the King | head | of state | tree rules | |||
| 2 | make | present | Canada's government | the decisions | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decision=Product |
Option 4
No, Canada has never had any link to the King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 had | advmod |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 link | det |
| 8 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 link | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · perfect | Canada | any link | to the King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Patient |
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