Test 1 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Your cousin says, "The King's well peng (great), so he picks the laws, innit." What should you say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, King, you · What happens: say, peng, pick · To what, where: laws · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» 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 says, "The King's well peng (great), so he picks the laws, innit."

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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 peng	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 peng	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 peng	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 peng	aux
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 peng	advmod
10	peng	peng	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 great	punct
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 peng	parataxis
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 great	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 picks	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 picks	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 picks	nsubj
17	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 laws	det
19	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 picks	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 innit	punct
21	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 laws	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 picks	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 picks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	peng in a quote	present · progressive	the King		well property	tree rules
3	pick in a quote	present	King	the laws and innit		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Patient

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 should you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Yes, and he votes in every election too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 votes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 votes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 votes	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 votes	nsubj
5	votes	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 election	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 election	det
8	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 votes	obl
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 votes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	present	he			every election			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He signs laws Parliament passes, but he does not pick them

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	2 signs	nsubj
2	signs	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 signs	obj
4	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 passes	nsubj
5	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laws	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pick	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 pick	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pick	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pick	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 pick	advmod
11	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 signs	parataxis
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sign	present	He	laws	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent law=Destination
2	pass	present	Parliament	laws not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme law=Trajectory
3	not pick	present · do-support	Parliament	laws = law	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

The King has nothing at all to do with any of the country's laws

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 has	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 nothing	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 nothing	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 any	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 do	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 laws	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 country	det
13	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laws	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 country	case
15	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the King	nothing		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	the King not said here	nothing not said here				with any	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, he picks every law each morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 picks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 picks	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picks	nsubj
4	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	he	every law			morning		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Patient

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