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Test 8 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Your formal grandmother says, "One is not obliged to be found guilty merely by being accused." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: formal grandmother, One · What happens: say, not oblige, find, accuse, mean · To what, where: One · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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 formal grandmother says, "One is not obliged to be found guilty merely by being accused."

nmod:possamodnsubjpunctpunctnsubj:passaux:passadvmodccompmarkaux:passxcompxcompadvmodmarkaux:passadvclpunctpunctrootYourPRONformalADJgrandmotherNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTOneNUMisAUXnotPARTobligedVERBtoPARTbeAUXfoundVERBguiltyADJmerelyADVbySCONJbeingAUXaccusedVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 grandmothernmod:poss
2formalformalADJDegree=Pos3 grandmotheramod
3grandmothergrandmotherNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_4 sayspunct
6""PUNCT_10 obligedpunct
7OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 obligednsubj:pass
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 obligedaux:pass
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 obligedadvmod
10obligedobligeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 saysccomp
11totoPART_13 foundmark
12bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf13 foundaux:pass
13foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 obligedxcomp
14guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Pos13 foundxcomp
15merelymerelyADV_13 foundadvmod
16bybySCONJ_18 accusedmark
17beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 accusedaux:pass
18accusedaccuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 foundadvcl
19..PUNCT_10 obligedpunct
20""PUNCT_10 obligedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour formal grandmothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not oblige in a quotepresent · passiveOnevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3find in a quoteto-infinitive · passiveguilty, merely propertyvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»
4accuse in a quotegerund · passivevn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»

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 she mean?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXshePRONmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 meanaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meannsubj
4meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportOnevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only grandmothers can be accused

advmodnsubj:passauxaux:passrootOnlyADVgrandmothersNOUNcanAUXbeAUXaccusedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 grandmothersadvmod
2grandmothersgrandmotherNOUNNumber=Plur5 accusednsubj:pass
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 accusedaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 accusedaux:pass
5accusedaccuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accusecan · passivegrandmothersvn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme

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

An accused person is not guilty unless a court decides

detamodnsubjcopadvmodmarkdetnsubjadvclrootAnDETaccusedVERBpersonNOUNisAUXnotPARTguiltyADJunlessSCONJaDETcourtNOUNdecidesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 persondet
2accusedaccuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 personamod
3personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing6 guiltynsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 guiltycop
5notnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 guiltyadvmod
6guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Posrootroot
7unlessunlessSCONJ_10 decidesmark
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 courtdet
9courtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing10 decidesnsubj
10decidesdecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 guiltyadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accuseparticiplevn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2not ispresenta accused personguilty propertytree rules
3decide a condition, not said to happenpresenta courtvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Courts must find everyone guilty

nsubjauxobjxcomprootCourtsNOUNmustAUXfindVERBeveryonePRONguiltyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CourtscourtNOUNNumber=Plur3 findnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin3 findaux
3findfindVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 findobj
5guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Pos3 findxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findmustCourtseveryoneguilty propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Topic

Option 4

Accused people are always guilty, or they would not be accused

amodnsubjcopadvmodpunctccnsubj:passauxadvmodaux:passconjrootAccusedVERBpeopleNOUNareAUXalwaysADVguiltyADJ,PUNCTorCCONJtheyPRONwouldAUXnotPARTbeAUXaccusedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AccusedaccuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 peopleamod
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur5 guiltynsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 guiltycop
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 guiltyadvmod
5guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6,,PUNCT_12 accusedpunct
7ororCCONJ_12 accusedcc
8theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 accusednsubj:pass
9wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin12 accusedaux
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 accusedadvmod
11bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf12 accusedaux:pass
12accusedaccuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 guiltyconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accuseparticiplevn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2ispresentAccused peoplealways, guilty propertytree rules
3not accusewould · passivepeoplevn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme

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