Test 7 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools A Canadian friend says, "Our premier's fixin' to change the school rules, eh." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Is that a normal thing for a premier?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Canadian friend, Fixin · What happens: say, change, mean, be · To what, where: school rules, normal thing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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 Canadian friend says, "Our premier's fixin' to change the school rules, eh."
det amod nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case ccomp punct mark ccomp det compound obj punct discourse punct punct root A DET Canadian ADJ friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Our PRON premier NOUN 's PART fixin NOUN ' PUNCT to PART change VERB the DET school NOUN rules NOUN , PUNCT eh INTJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 friend det 2 Canadian Canadian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend amod 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 says punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 fixin punct 7 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 premier nmod:poss 8 premier premier NOUN Number=Sing 10 fixin nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 premier case 10 fixin fixin NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 fixin punct 12 to to PART _ 13 change mark 13 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 rules det 15 school school NOUN Number=Sing 16 rules compound 16 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 13 change obj 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 eh punct 18 eh eh INTJ _ 13 change discourse 19 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Canadian friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 change in a quote to-infinitive the school rules vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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: ("Fixin' to" means about to.)
punct punct nsubj punct flat punct advmod fixed punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fixin PROPN ' PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB about ADV to PART . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 3 Fixin Fixin PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 5 to to PART _ 3 Fixin flat 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 about about ADV _ 7 means advmod 9 to to PART _ 8 about fixed 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fixin about property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is that a normal thing for a premier?
cop mark det amod case det nmod punct root Is AUX that SCONJ a DET normal ADJ thing NOUN for ADP a DET premier NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 thing cop 2 that that SCONJ _ 5 thing mark 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 thing det 4 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos 5 thing amod 5 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 premier case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 premier det 8 premier premier NOUN Number=Sing 5 thing nmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 thing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a normal thing for a premier tree rules
The options Option 1 No, premiers only run the army
discourse punct nsubj advmod det obj root No INTJ , PUNCT premiers NOUN only ADV run VERB the DET army NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 run discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 premiers premier NOUN Number=Plur 5 run nsubj 4 only only ADV _ 5 run advmod 5 run run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 army det 7 army army NOUN Number=Sing 5 run obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run present premiers the army vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme army=Trajectory
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes, provinces run things like schools
discourse punct nsubj obj case nmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT provinces NOUN run VERB things NOUN like ADP schools NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 run discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 provinces province NOUN Number=Plur 4 run nsubj 4 run run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 run obj 6 like like ADP _ 7 schools case 7 schools school NOUN Number=Plur 5 things nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run present provinces things like schools vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory
Option 3 No, premiers are a type of football team
discourse punct nsubj cop det case compound nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT premiers NOUN are AUX a DET type NOUN of ADP football NOUN team NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 type discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 premiers premier NOUN Number=Plur 6 type nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 type cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 type det 6 type type NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 team case 8 football football NOUN Number=Sing 9 team compound 9 team team NOUN Number=Sing 6 type nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present premiers a type of football team tree rules
Option 4 No, only the King can change school rules
discourse punct advmod det nsubj aux compound obj root No INTJ , PUNCT only ADV the DET King PROPN can AUX change VERB school NOUN rules NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 change discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 only only ADV _ 7 change advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 King det 5 King King PROPN Number=Sing 7 change nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 change aux 7 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 9 rules compound 9 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 7 change obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change can the King school rules vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
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