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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 breaks | mark |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 country | nummod |
| 3 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 government | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 country | case |
| 5 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaks | nsubj |
| 6 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 say | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rights | det |
| 8 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 breaks | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Declaration | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Declaration | det |
| 11 | Universal | universal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Declaration | amod |
| 12 | Declaration | Declaration | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rights | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 breaks | punct |
| 14 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 say | nsubj |
| 15 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | outsiders | outsider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 step | nsubj |
| 17 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 step | aux |
| 18 | step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 say | ccomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADV | _ | 18 step | advmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 say | cc |
| 21 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 say | nsubj |
| 22 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 say | conj |
| 23 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 country | det |
| 24 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 decide | nsubj |
| 25 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 decide | aux |
| 26 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 say | ccomp |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break a condition, not said to happen | present | one country's government | the rights | the Universal Declaration | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Patient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | some | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | step in | should | outsiders | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | others | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | decide | should | each country | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 agree | ccomp |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 argue | cc |
| 6 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 agree | conj |
| 7 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 10 protect | mark |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 protect | nsubj |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 protect | aux |
| 10 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 argue | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | People | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | matter | present | rights | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree | present | People not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | protect | should | rights = right | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Rights only exist in one country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 exist | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 exist | advmod |
| 3 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 country | nummod |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exist | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exist | present | Rights | one country | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Declaration | det |
| 2 | Declaration | Declaration | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 meaning | det |
| 5 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 has | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 needs | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 needs | advmod |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 has | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 follow | mark |
| 12 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 needs | xcomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 follow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the Declaration | no meaning | anywhere property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | |||
| 2 | need | present | nobody | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | follow not said to happen | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | meaning | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Nobody cares about rights at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 cares | nsubj |
| 2 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 rights | case |
| 4 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cares | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 rights | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | Nobody | about rights at all | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about right=Stimulus |
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