Test 3 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules
A kid in Texas says, "Free speech, bro, so the teacher can't give me detention for being rude. No cap." What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, teacher, truth · What happens: say, not give, be · To what, where: Free speech, detention, kid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: A kid in Texas says, "Free speech, bro, so the teacher can't give me detention for being rude.
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 speech | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 speech | punct |
| 8 | Free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 speech | amod |
| 9 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bro | punct |
| 11 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speech | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 give | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 teacher | det |
| 15 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | nsubj |
| 16 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 give | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 give | advmod |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | conj |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 give | iobj |
| 20 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 rude | case |
| 22 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 rude | cop |
| 23 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 give | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid in Texas | Free speech and bro | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent speech=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not give in a quote | can | the teacher | detention | a kid in Texas = kid | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient detention=Theme | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | gerund | rude 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: No cap."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | 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
He's right, schools can never have rules about talking
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 have | punct |
| 5 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 have | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 have | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 have | advmod |
| 8 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 have | obj |
| 10 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 11 talking | mark |
| 11 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 rules | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not have | can | schools | rules | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | ||||
| 3 | talk | gerund | rules not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Free speech means you must say whatever the teacher says
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 speech | amod |
| 2 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 says | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 teacher | det |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Free speech | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | must | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the teacher | whatever | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic |
Option 3
He's right, but only in Texas
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Texas | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 Texas | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 Texas | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Texas | case |
| 8 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | Texas | right property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Free speech stops the government punishing speech; school rules still apply
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 speech | amod |
| 2 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 government | det |
| 5 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | obj |
| 6 | punishing | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stops | xcomp |
| 7 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 punishing | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 apply | punct |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rules | compound |
| 10 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 apply | nsubj |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 apply | advmod |
| 12 | apply | apply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stops | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Free speech | the government | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | punish | gerund | Free speech not said here | speech | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient | ||||
| 3 | apply | present | school rules | still | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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