Test 8 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street
A video game shows the White House as the British king's castle. What should be fixed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: video game · What happens: show, fix · To what, where: White House
This is test 8 · ★ 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 video game shows the White House as the British king's castle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | compound |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 House | det |
| 6 | White | White | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 House | amod |
| 7 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 castle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 10 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 king | amod |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 castle | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 king | case |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a video game | the White House | as the British king's castle | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Recipient |
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 should be fixed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fixed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fixed | aux:pass |
| 4 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | should · passive | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1
The White House belongs to the Canadian governor general
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 House | det |
| 2 | White | White | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 House | amod |
| 3 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 belongs | nsubj |
| 4 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 general | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 general | det |
| 7 | Canadian | Canadian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 general | amod |
| 8 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 general | compound |
| 9 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belongs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the White House | to the Canadian governor general | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The White House is where the prime minister sleeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 House | det |
| 2 | White | White | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 House | amod |
| 3 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 where | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 where | cop |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 minister | det |
| 7 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 minister | amod |
| 8 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sleeps | nsubj |
| 9 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 where | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the White House | where property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | the prime minister | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Nothing, the British king lives there in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 king | amod |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 lives | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 summer | case |
| 9 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Nothing | there | summer | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The White House is the US president's home and office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 House | det |
| 2 | White | White | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 House | amod |
| 3 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 home | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 home | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 president | det |
| 6 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 president | compound |
| 7 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 home | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 president | case |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 office | cc |
| 11 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 home | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the White House | the US president's home and office | tree rules |
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