Test 10 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools

A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!" What's wrong with his way of speaking up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, way · What happens: shout, skate, wreck, be, speak up · To what, where: council meeting, park, bins · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» 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 boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouts	nsubj
3	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 meeting	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meeting	det
6	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meeting	compound
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouts	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Skate	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Skate	punct
10	Skate	skate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 shouts	parataxis
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Skate	obj
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 Skate	advmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 wrecking	cc
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 wrecking	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 wrecking	aux
16	wrecking	wreck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 Skate	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bins	det
18	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 wrecking	obj
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 shouts	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	a boy		the council meeting		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	skate in a quote	infinitive		park		now	vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme park=Location
3	wreck in a quote	present · progressive	a boy = boy	the bins			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Patient

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's wrong with his way of speaking up?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 way	nmod:poss
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 speaking	mark
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	acl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 speaking	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with boy's way; wrong property	tree rules
2	speak up speech: other	gerund	boy's way not said here						vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

Threats and damage are wrong; giving reasons calmly is how you are heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrong	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 damage	cc
3	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threats	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrong	cop
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 wrong	advcl
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giving	obj
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	7 giving	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	cop
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 heard	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 heard	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	aux:pass
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 giving	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Threats and damage		wrong property	tree rules
2	give	gerund	Threats and damage not said here	reasons	calmly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	is	present · passive		you	hear property	tree rules

Option 2

The bins belong to him because his family pays council tax, so wrecking them is fine

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bins	det
2	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 belong	nsubj
3	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 belong	obl
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 pays	mark
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 family	nmod:poss
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pays	nsubj
9	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 belong	advcl
10	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tax	compound
11	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pays	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 fine	advmod
14	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 fine	csubj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wrecking	obj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fine	cop
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 belong	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	belong	present	the bins		him = he		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	pay	present	his family	council tax			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset
3	wreck	gerund		bins = bin			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	is	present	wrecking			fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Nothing, threatening people is the best and fastest way to win anything you want

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 way	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 threatening	punct
3	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threatening	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 way	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 way	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fastest	cc
9	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 best	conj
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 win	mark
12	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 way	acl
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 win	obj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 want	nsubj
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 anything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	threaten	gerund	Nothing not said here	people	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Nothing	the best way	tree rules
3	win	to-infinitive		anything	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
4	want	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Children are not allowed to want a skate park or ask the council for anything

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 want	mark
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	skate	skate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 park	compound
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 ask	cc
11	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 want	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 council	det
13	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ask	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 anything	case
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Children		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	want not said to happen	to-infinitive	Children not said here	a skate park		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot park=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	Children not said here	the council	for anything	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient

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