Test 3 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools

What would happen if nobody paid any taxes at all?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: nobody · What happens: happen, pay · To what, where: taxes, all

This is test 3 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 paid	mark
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 paid	nsubj
6	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 taxes	det
8	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 paid	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pay a condition, not said to happen	past	nobody	any taxes		all			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset

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

The King would pay for everything himself out of the money in his own castles

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pay	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pay	aux
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 everything	case
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 pay	obj
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 everything	nmod:unmarked
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 money	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 money	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 money	det
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 castles	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 castles	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 castles	amod
15	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	would	the King	everything		the money		in King's own castles	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Asset

Option 2

Councils would print free money for bins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Councils	council	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 print	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 print	aux
3	print	print	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 money	amod
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 print	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 bins	case
7	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 print	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	would	Councils	free money				for bins	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 3

Everything would get cheaper and nothing else would change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 change	cc
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 change	nsubj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 nothing	advmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 change	aux
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Everything					cheap property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	change	would	nothing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Shared things like schools, roads and police would have no money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 things	amod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	nsubj
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 schools	case
4	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 things	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 roads	punct
6	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 schools	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 police	cc
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 schools	conj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 money	det
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	have	would	Shared things like schools and roads and police	no money					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

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