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Test 6 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools

Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open." What kind of mayor job is this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Worship, His, this · What happens: say, declare, worship, be · To what, where: playground, kind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formally	punct
4	rather	rather	ADV	_	5 formally	advmod
5	formally	formally	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 declare	punct
8	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 Worship	nmod:poss
9	Worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 declare	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mayor	det
11	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 declare	nsubj
12	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 declare	aux
13	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 playground	det
15	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 declare	obj
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 declare	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 declare	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mum					formally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	declare speech: other in a quote	shall	His Worship	the playground				open property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playground=Attribute
3	worship in a quote		His = he						nom worship «act intransitive»: poss=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.

Sentence 2: What kind of mayor job is this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 job	case
4	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 job	compound
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	cop
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 kind	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	what kind				of mayor job	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Counting votes in a general election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Counting	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 election	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 election	det
5	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 election	amod
6	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	gerund		votes		a general election			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme

Option 2

Running the national army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
3	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 army	amod
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund		the national army					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme army=Trajectory

Option 3

Choosing the next prime minister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minister	det
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 minister	amod
4	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 minister	amod
5	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Choosing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	gerund		the next prime minister					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A ceremonial duty, like cutting a ribbon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 duty	det
2	ceremonial	ceremonial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 duty	amod
3	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cutting	punct
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 cutting	mark
6	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 duty	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ribbon	det
8	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cutting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		a ribbon					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ribbon=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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