Test 4 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, We, truth · What happens: boast, get, be · To what, where: two senators · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boasts	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Wyoming	case
4	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
5	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
8	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boasts	ccomp
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 senators	nummod
11	senators	senator	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 got	obj
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 California	advmod
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 California	case
14	California	California	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 got	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 big	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	21 big	advmod
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 big	nsubj
18	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 big	cop
19	just	just	ADV	_	21 big	advmod
20	as	as	ADV	_	21 big	advmod
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 got	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 y'all	punct
23	y'all	y'all	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 big	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 boasts	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 boasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	a kid from Wyoming			vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	We	two senators	like California	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer senator=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	we		big property	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: What's the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Every state gets two senators whatever its size; the House gives more seats for more people

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 senators	nummod
5	senators	senator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gets	obj
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 gets	obj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 size	nmod:poss
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 gives	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 House	det
11	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 gives	nsubj
12	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	parataxis
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 seats	amod
14	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gives	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 people	case
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 people	amod
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	every state	two senators					tree rules
2	give	present	the House	more seats				for more people	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent seat=Theme for people=Asset

Option 2

Senators are given out by how big a state is on the map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Senators	senator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 map	case
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 given	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 big	case
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 big	advmod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 state	det
9	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 big	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 map	cop
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 map	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 map	det
13	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	present · passive		Senators					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	is	present						give the map	tree rules

Option 3

Wyoming has more House members than California

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 members	amod
4	House	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 members	compound
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 California	case
7	California	California	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Wyoming	more House members				than California	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Patient

Option 4

Wyoming has exactly as many people as California

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 California	case
8	California	California	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Wyoming	many people				as California	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

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