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Test 10 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

A Northern lad says, "Ey up, our lass wrote to t'MP 'cause there's no lollipop lady at t'ginnel by school." ("Ginnel" means a narrow alley; "our lass" means his sister.) What is she doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Northern lad, lass, Ginnel · What happens: say, write, be, mean, do · To what, where: t'MP, lollipop lady, t'ginnel, narrow alley, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: A Northern lad says, "Ey up, our lass wrote to t'MP 'cause there's no lollipop lady at t'ginnel by school."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lad	det
2	Northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lad	amod
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Ey	punct
7	Ey	Ey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 Ey	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wrote	punct
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lass	nmod:poss
11	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrote	nsubj
12	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 lady	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 t'MP	case
14	t'MP	t'mp	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrote	obl
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 t'MP	punct
16	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	18 's	mark
17	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	18 's	expl
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 lady	cop
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 lady	det
20	lollipop	lollipop	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lady	compound
21	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	parataxis
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 t'ginnel	case
23	t'ginnel	t'ginnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lady	nmod
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 school	case
25	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 t'ginnel	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 lady	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Northern lad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	write in a quote	past	our lass		t'MP				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to t'mp=Recipient
3	is a in a quote	present		no lollipop lady		t'ginnel by school			tree rules

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: ("Ginnel" means a narrow alley; "our lass" means his sister.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Ginnel	punct
3	Ginnel	ginnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Ginnel	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 alley	det
7	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 alley	amod
8	alley	alley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lass	punct
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lass	nmod:poss
12	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	nsubj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lass	punct
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 sister	nmod:poss
16	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ginnel	a narrow alley					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alley=Topic
2	mean	present	our lass	lass's sister					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic

Sentence 3: What is she doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 doing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 doing	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doing	nsubj
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	Ginnel						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Asking for a recount in the election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 recount	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 recount	det
4	recount	recount	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 election	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 election	det
7	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund				the election		for a recount	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Asking her representative to help fix a local safety problem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 representative	nmod:poss
3	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 help	mark
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	xcomp
6	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 problem	det
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 problem	amod
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 problem	compound
10	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		her representative					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent representative=Recipient clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	her representative not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	fix not said to happen	infinitive	her representative not said here	a local safety problem					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient

Option 3

Starting a new political party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 party	amod
4	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 party	amod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund		a new political party					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Eventuality

Option 4

Asking the King to lower the voting age so that children can vote

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 vote	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 lower	mark
5	lower	lower	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 age	det
7	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 age	compound
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lower	obj
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 children	case
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lower	obl
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 vote	aux
13	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the King				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lower not said to happen	to-infinitive		the voting age				so children	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme
3	vote	can	Asking						vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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