Test 2 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made Your cousin goes, "The Lords are bussin', they just bin any law they don't like." ("Bussin'" means great.) What should be put right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Lords, Bussin · What happens: go, be, bin, not like, mean, put · To what, where: law · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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 cousin goes, "The Lords are bussin', they just bin any law they don't like."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct det nsubj cop parataxis punct nsubj advmod parataxis det obj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl punct punct root Your PRON cousin NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT The DET Lords PROPN are AUX bussin ADJ ', PUNCT they PRON just ADV bin VERB any DET law NOUN they PRON do AUX n't PART like VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cousin nmod:poss 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 bussin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 bussin punct 6 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Lords det 7 Lords Lord PROPN Number=Plur 9 bussin nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 bussin cop 9 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos 3 goes parataxis 10 ', ', PUNCT _ 9 bussin punct 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 bin nsubj 12 just just ADV _ 13 bin advmod 13 bin bin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 goes parataxis 14 any any DET PronType=Ind 15 law det 15 law law NOUN Number=Sing 13 bin obj 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 like nsubj 17 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 like aux 18 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 19 like advmod 19 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 law acl:relcl 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Your cousin vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present the Lords bussin property tree rules 3 bin in a quote present Lords = lord any law vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent law=Theme 4 not like in a quote present · do-support Lords = lord any law not said here vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot law=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: ("Bussin'" means great.)
punct punct nsubj punct punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bussin PROPN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 3 Bussin Bussin PROPN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bussin great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should be put right?
nsubj:pass aux aux:pass advmod punct root What PRON should AUX be AUX put VERB right ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 put nsubj:pass 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 put aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 put aux:pass 4 put put VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 right right ADV _ 4 put advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put should · passive right property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
The options Option 1 He's right, the Lords can throw out any law forever
nsubj cop punct det nsubj aux conj compound:prt det obj advmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT the DET Lords PROPN can AUX throw VERB out ADP any DET law NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 throw punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Lords det 6 Lords Lord PROPN Number=Plur 8 throw nsubj 7 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 throw aux 8 throw throw VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 right conj 9 out out ADP _ 8 throw compound:prt 10 any any DET PronType=Ind 11 law det 11 law law NOUN Number=Sing 8 throw obj 12 forever forever ADV _ 8 throw advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 throw out can the Lords any law forever property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme
Option 2 The Lords make all the laws without the Commons
det nsubj det:predet det obj case det obl root The DET Lords NOUN make VERB all DET the DET laws NOUN without ADP the DET Commons PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Lords det 2 Lords lord NOUN Number=Plur 3 make nsubj 3 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 laws det:predet 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 laws det 6 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 3 make obj 7 without without ADP _ 9 Commons case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Commons det 9 Commons Common PROPN Number=Plur 3 make obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present the Lords all laws without the Commons vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The Lords can send a bill back with changes, but cannot block the Commons forever
The tree, 16 words det nsubj aux det obj advmod case obl punct cc aux advmod conj det obj advmod root The DET Lords NOUN can AUX send VERB a DET bill NOUN back ADV with ADP changes NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ can AUX not PART block VERB the DET Commons NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Lords det 2 Lords lord NOUN Number=Plur 4 send nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 send aux 4 send send VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bill det 6 bill bill NOUN Number=Sing 4 send obj 7 back back ADV _ 4 send advmod 8 with with ADP _ 9 changes case 9 changes change NOUN Number=Plur 4 send obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 block punct 11 but but CCONJ _ 14 block cc 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 block aux 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 block advmod 14 block block VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 send conj 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 Commons det 16 Commons common NOUN Number=Plur 14 block obj 17 forever forever ADV _ 14 block advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 send back can the Lords a bill with changes vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Theme 2 not block can the Lords not said here the Commons forever property vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer common=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice The Lords have no part in making laws at all
det nsubj det obj mark advcl obj case obl root The DET Lords NOUN have VERB no DET part NOUN in SCONJ making VERB laws NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Lords det 2 Lords lord NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 part det 5 part part NOUN Number=Sing 3 have obj 6 in in SCONJ _ 7 making mark 7 making make VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 have advcl 8 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 7 making obj 9 at at ADP _ 10 all case 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 making obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the Lords no part vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient 2 make gerund the Lords not said here laws all vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product
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