Test 6 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, heaps of people said no." Why did many say no?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aussie mate, We, heaps, many · What happens: say, have, ditch · To what, where: vote, 99, King, no. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mate	det
2	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mate	amod
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 vote	det
10	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 99	case
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 99	punct
13	99	99	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 had	obl
14	on	on	SCONJ	_	15 ditching	mark
15	ditching	ditch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 had	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 King	det
17	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 ditching	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 heaps	punct
19	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 said	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 people	case
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 heaps	nmod
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
23	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	22 said	obj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 say	punct
25	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	28 say	advmod
26	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 say	aux
27	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 say	nsubj
28	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 said	ccomp
29	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	28 say	discourse
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Aussie mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	past	We	a vote	99	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient
3	ditch in a quote	gerund	We not said here	the King		tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	heaps of people	no.		tree rules
5	say speech: assert	past · do-support	many			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because the King promised them a holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 promised	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 promised	nsubj
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 promised	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 holiday	det
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	the King	a holiday	them = they				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal holiday=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Partly because they could not agree how a president should be chosen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	6 agree	advmod
2	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 agree	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 agree	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 agree	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 agree	advmod
6	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 chosen	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 president	det
9	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chosen	nsubj:pass
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 chosen	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 chosen	aux:pass
12	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 agree	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not agree speech: agree	could	they					partly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	choose	should · passive		a president					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Because nobody in Australia really understood the question on the paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 understood	mark
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 understood	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Australia	case
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nobody	nmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 understood	advmod
6	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 question	det
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 understood	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 paper	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 paper	det
11	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 understood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	past	nobody	the question		the paper			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus

Option 4

Because voting in 1999 was not allowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 allowed	mark
2	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 1999	case
4	1999	1999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 voting	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 allowed	aux:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 allowed	advmod
7	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		voting in 1999					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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