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Test 1 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

Your mate says, "Parliament's well mardy, just a bunch of grown-ups yelling." ("Mardy" means moody and sulky.) What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, grown ups, Mardy, best reply · What happens: say, grow, yell, mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» 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: Your mate says, "Parliament's well mardy, just a bunch of grown-ups yelling."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjauxadvmodccomppunctadvmoddetoblcaseamodpunctnmodaclpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTParliamentPROPN'sAUXwellADVmardyADJ,PUNCTjustADVaDETbunchNOUNofADPgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNyellingVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 mardypunct
5""PUNCT_9 mardypunct
6ParliamentParliamentPROPNNumber=Sing9 mardynsubj
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 mardyaux
8wellwellADVDegree=Pos9 mardyadvmod
9mardymardyADJDegree=Pos3 saysccomp
10,,PUNCT_13 bunchpunct
11justjustADV_13 bunchadvmod
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 bunchdet
13bunchbunchNOUNNumber=Sing9 mardyobl
14ofofADP_17 upscase
15growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 upsamod
16--PUNCT_15 grownpunct
17upsupNOUNNumber=Plur13 bunchnmod
18yellingyellVERBVerbForm=Ger17 upsacl
19..PUNCT_9 mardypunct
20""PUNCT_9 mardypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour matevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2grow in a quoteparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3yell speech: express in a quotegerundgrown ups not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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: ("Mardy" means moody and sulky.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcompccconjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTMardyPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBmoodyADJandCCONJsulkyADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Mardypunct
3MardyMardyPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Mardypunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6moodymoodyADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7andandCCONJ_8 sulkycc
8sulkysulkyADJDegree=Pos6 moodyconj
9..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
10))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentMardymoody propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is the best reply?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 replydet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 replyamod
5replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best replytree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right, they just shout all day because they have nothing else to do

The tree, 15 words
nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvmodconjdetobl:unmarkedmarknsubjadvclobjadvmodmarkaclrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTtheyPRONjustADVshoutVERBallDETdayNOUNbecauseSCONJtheyPRONhaveVERBnothingPRONelseADVtoPARTdoVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 shoutpunct
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 shoutnsubj
6justjustADV_7 shoutadvmod
7shoutshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
8allallDETPronType=Tot9 daydet
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing7 shoutobl:unmarked
10becausebecauseSCONJ_12 havemark
11theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 havensubj
12havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 shoutadvcl
13nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg12 haveobj
14elseelseADV_13 nothingadvmod
15totoPART_16 domark
16dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf13 nothingacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2shout speech: expresspresenttheydayvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3havepresenttheynothingvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4doto-infinitivethey not said herenothing not said herevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The shouting is how the votes are counted

detnsubj:passcopadvmoddetnsubj:passaux:passrootTheDETshoutingNOUNisAUXhowADVtheDETvotesNOUNareAUXcountedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 shoutingdet
2shoutingshoutingNOUNNumber=Sing8 countednsubj:pass
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 countedcop
4howhowADVPronType=Int8 countedadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 votesdet
6votesvoteNOUNNumber=Plur8 countednsubj:pass
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 countedaux:pass
8countedcountVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresent · passivethe shoutingcount propertytree rules

Option 3

Only the King is allowed to speak there

advmoddetnsubj:passaux:passmarkxcompadvmodrootOnlyADVtheDETKingPROPNisAUXallowedVERBtoPARTspeakVERBthereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_5 allowedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Kingdet
3KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing5 allowednsubj:pass
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 allowedaux:pass
5allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6totoPART_7 speakmark
7speakspeakVERBVerbForm=Inf5 allowedxcomp
8therethereADVPronType=Dem7 speakadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passivethe Kingvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2speak speech: other not said to happento-infinitivethe King not said heretherevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's noisy, but the arguing tests ideas in public before laws are made

The tree, 14 words
nsubjcoppunctccdetcompoundcompoundconjcasenmodmarknsubj:passaux:passadvclrootItPRON'sAUXnoisyADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETarguingNOUNtestsNOUNideasNOUNinADPpublicNOUNbeforeSCONJlawsNOUNareAUXmadeVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 noisynsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 noisycop
3noisynoisyADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 ideaspunct
5butbutCCONJ_9 ideascc
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 testsdet
7arguingarguingNOUNNumber=Sing8 testscompound
8teststestNOUNNumber=Plur9 ideascompound
9ideasideaNOUNNumber=Plur3 noisyconj
10ininADP_11 publiccase
11publicpublicNOUNNumber=Sing9 ideasnmod
12beforebeforeSCONJ_15 mademark
13lawslawNOUNNumber=Plur15 madensubj:pass
14arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 madeaux:pass
15mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 noisyadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItnoisy propertytree rules
2makepresent · passivelawsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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