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Test 9 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

Dad, in plain dry words, says, "Veto overridden: two-thirds in both chambers." What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, Veto · What happens: say, override, happen · To what, where: two thirds · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Dad, in plain dry words, says, "Veto overridden: two-thirds in both chambers."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 words	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 words	case
4	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dad	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 overridden	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 overridden	punct
11	Veto	veto	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 overridden	nsubj
12	overridden	override	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 says	ccomp
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 thirds	punct
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 thirds	nummod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 two	punct
16	thirds	third	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 overridden	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 chambers	case
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 chambers	det
19	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 thirds	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 overridden	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 overridden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Dad and plain dry words						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	override in a quote	participle	Veto	two thirds in both chambers					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 happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The president changed his mind after all and signed it himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 president	det
2	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mind	nmod:poss
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 changed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 signed	cc
9	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 signed	obj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 signed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the president	president's mind			after all		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	sign	past	the president not said here	mind				president obl:unmarked	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	mind		president						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Both chambers lost two-thirds of their members in an election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 chambers	det
2	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thirds	nummod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 two	punct
6	thirds	third	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 members	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 members	nmod:poss
9	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thirds	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 election	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 election	det
12	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	both chambers	two thirds of chambers's members		a election			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Congress passed the law anyway after the president said no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Congress	Congress	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 passed	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 president	det
8	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 passed	advcl
10	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	Congress	the law				anyway property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme law=Trajectory
2	say speech: assert	past	the president						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic

Option 4

The bill was thrown out for good and can never be brought back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thrown	aux:pass
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 thrown	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 good	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thrown	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 brought	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 brought	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 brought	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 brought	aux:pass
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thrown	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	past · passive		the bill				for good	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not bring back	can · passive							vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»

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