Test 9 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools
A video game shows the mayor fighting a war against another country. What should be put right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: video game, mayor · What happens: show, fight, put · To what, where: mayor, war
This is test 9 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 video game shows the mayor fighting a war against another country.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | compound |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mayor | det |
| 6 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 7 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 mayor | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 war | det |
| 9 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fighting | obj |
| 10 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 country | case |
| 11 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 country | det |
| 12 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fighting | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a video game | the mayor | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mayor=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | fight | gerund | the mayor not said here | a war | against another country | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-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 should be put right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 put | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 put | aux:pass |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | should · passive | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Armies are run by the national government, not by mayors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux:pass |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 government | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 government | det |
| 6 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 government | amod |
| 7 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl:agent |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mayors | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 mayors | advmod |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 mayors | case |
| 11 | mayors | mayor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · passive | the national government | Armies | by mayors | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme by mayor=Trajectory |
Option 2
The game is right; mayors declare wars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 declare | punct |
| 6 | mayors | mayor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 declare | nsubj |
| 7 | declare | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | parataxis |
| 8 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 declare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the game | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | present | mayors | wars | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute |
Option 3
Mayors run their own armies in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayors | mayor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | nsubj |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 armies | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 armies | amod |
| 5 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | Mayors | Mayors's own armies | real life | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent army=Theme in life=Trajectory |
Option 4
Wars are decided by councillors at the library
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 decided | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 decided | aux:pass |
| 3 | decided | decide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 councillors | case |
| 5 | councillors | councillor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 decided | obl:agent |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 library | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 library | det |
| 8 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 decided | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present · passive | councillors | Wars | the library | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
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