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Test 11 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

If one country's government breaks the rights in the Universal Declaration, some say outsiders should step in and others say each country should decide. What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: government, some, outsiders, others, country, this · What happens: break, say, step in, decide, show · To what, where: rights, Universal Declaration · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: If one country's government breaks the rights in the Universal Declaration, some say outsiders should step in and others say each country should decide.

marknummodnmod:posscasensubjadvcldetobjcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjnsubjauxccompadvmodccnsubjconjdetnsubjauxccomppunctrootIfSCONJoneNUMcountryNOUN'sPARTgovernmentNOUNbreaksVERBtheDETrightsNOUNinADPtheDETUniversalADJDeclarationPROPN,PUNCTsomeDETsayVERBoutsidersNOUNshouldAUXstepVERBinADVandCCONJothersNOUNsayVERBeachDETcountryNOUNshouldAUXdecideVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_6 breaksmark
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 countrynummod
3countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing5 governmentnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 countrycase
5governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing6 breaksnsubj
6breaksbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 sayadvcl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 rightsdet
8rightsrightNOUNNumber=Plur6 breaksobj
9ininADP_12 Declarationcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Declarationdet
11UniversaluniversalADJDegree=Pos12 Declarationamod
12DeclarationDeclarationPROPNNumber=Sing8 rightsnmod
13,,PUNCT_6 breakspunct
14somesomeDETPronType=Ind15 saynsubj
15saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
16outsidersoutsiderNOUNNumber=Plur18 stepnsubj
17shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin18 stepaux
18stepstepVERBVerbForm=Inf15 sayccomp
19ininADV_18 stepadvmod
20andandCCONJ_22 saycc
21othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur22 saynsubj
22saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 sayconj
23eacheachDETPronType=Tot24 countrydet
24countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing26 decidensubj
25shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin26 decideaux
26decidedecideVERBVerbForm=Inf22 sayccomp
27..PUNCT_15 saypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1break a condition, not said to happenpresentone country's governmentthe rightsthe Universal Declarationvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Patient
2say speech: assertpresentsomevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3step inshouldoutsidersvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4say speech: assertpresentothersvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5decideshouldeach countryvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 does this show?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXthisPRONshowVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 showobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 showaux
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 shownsubj
4showshowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 showpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresent · do-supportthisvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

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

People agree rights matter but argue about who should protect them

nsubjnsubjccompccconjmarknsubjauxadvclobjrootPeopleNOUNagreeVERBrightsNOUNmatterVERBbutCCONJargueVERBaboutSCONJwhoPRONshouldAUXprotectVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PeoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur2 agreensubj
2agreeagreeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3rightsrightNOUNNumber=Plur4 matternsubj
4mattermatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 agreeccomp
5butbutCCONJ_6 arguecc
6argueargueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 agreeconj
7aboutaboutSCONJ_10 protectmark
8whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 protectnsubj
9shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin10 protectaux
10protectprotectVERBVerbForm=Inf6 argueadvcl
11themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 protectobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agree speech: agreepresentPeoplevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2matterpresentrightsvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3argue speech: disagreepresentPeople not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4protectshouldrights = rightvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

Option 2

Rights only exist in one country

nsubjadvmodcasenummodoblrootRightsNOUNonlyADVexistVERBinADPoneNUMcountryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RightsrightNOUNNumber=Plur3 existnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 existadvmod
3existexistVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_6 countrycase
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 countrynummod
6countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing3 existobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1existpresentRightsone countryvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location

Option 3

The Declaration has no meaning anywhere, so nobody needs to follow it

detnsubjdetobjadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjconjmarkxcompobjrootTheDETDeclarationPROPNhasVERBnoDETmeaningNOUNanywhereADV,PUNCTsoADVnobodyPRONneedsVERBtoPARTfollowVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Declarationdet
2DeclarationDeclarationPROPNNumber=Sing3 hasnsubj
3hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 meaningdet
5meaningmeaningNOUNNumber=Sing3 hasobj
6anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind3 hasadvmod
7,,PUNCT_10 needspunct
8sosoADV_10 needsadvmod
9nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg10 needsnsubj
10needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 hasconj
11totoPART_12 followmark
12followfollowVERBVerbForm=Inf10 needsxcomp
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 followobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentthe Declarationno meaninganywhere propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2needpresentnobodyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3follow not said to happento-infinitivenobody not said heremeaningvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Nobody cares about rights at all

nsubjcaseoblcasenmodrootNobodyPRONcaresVERBaboutADPrightsNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 caresnsubj
2carescareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aboutaboutADP_4 rightscase
4rightsrightNOUNNumber=Plur2 caresobl
5atatADP_6 allcase
6allallDETPronType=Tot4 rightsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1carepresentNobodyabout rights at allvn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about right=Stimulus

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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