Test 2 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel… Your American friend says, "Australia fines people for not voting? That's so sus, it's a free country." Which is the balanced view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: American friend, Australia, That, it · What happens: say, fine, not vote, be · To what, where: people, free country, balanced view · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» 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: Your American friend says, "Australia fines people for not voting?
nmod:poss amod nsubj punct punct nsubj conj obj mark advmod advcl punct root Your PRON American ADJ friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Australia PROPN fines VERB people NOUN for SCONJ not PART voting VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 friend nmod:poss 2 American American 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 _ 8 fines punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 fines punct 7 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 8 fines nsubj 8 fines fine VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 says conj 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 fines obj 10 for for SCONJ _ 12 voting mark 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 voting advmod 12 voting vote VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 fines advcl 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Your American friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 fine in a quote present Australia people vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient 3 not vote in a quote gerund Australia not said here vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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: That's so sus, it's a free country."
nsubj cop advmod punct nsubj cop det amod conj punct punct root That PRON 's AUX so ADV sus ADJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET free ADJ country NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 sus nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sus cop 3 so so ADV _ 4 sus advmod 4 sus suspect ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 country punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 country nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 country cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 country det 9 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 10 country amod 10 country country NOUN Number=Sing 4 sus conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 sus punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 4 sus punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That suspect property tree rules 2 is a present it a free country tree rules
Sentence 3: Which is the balanced view?
nsubj cop det amod punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET balanced ADJ view NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 5 view nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 view cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 view det 4 balanced balanced ADJ Degree=Pos 5 view amod 5 view view NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 view punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the balanced view tree rules
The options Option 1 Every country in the world fines non-voters
det nsubj case det nmod obj root Every DET country NOUN in ADP the DET world NOUN fines VERB non-voters NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 2 country det 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 6 fines nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 world case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 world det 5 world world NOUN Number=Sing 2 country nmod 6 fines fine VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 non-voters non-voter NOUN Number=Plur 6 fines obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fine present every country in the world non-voters vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent non-voter=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Some say compulsory voting makes the result show everyone; others say people should be free not to vote
The tree, 18 words nsubj compound nsubj ccomp det obj xcomp obj punct nsubj parataxis nsubj aux cop ccomp advmod mark advcl root Some DET say VERB compulsory NOUN voting NOUN makes VERB the DET result NOUN show VERB everyone PRON ; PUNCT others NOUN say VERB people NOUN should AUX be AUX free ADJ not PART to PART vote VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 say nsubj 2 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 compulsory compulsory NOUN Number=Sing 4 voting compound 4 voting voting NOUN Number=Sing 5 makes nsubj 5 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say ccomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 result det 7 result result NOUN Number=Sing 5 makes obj 8 show show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 makes xcomp 9 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 show obj 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 say punct 11 others other NOUN Number=Plur 12 say nsubj 12 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say parataxis 13 people people NOUN Number=Plur 16 free nsubj 14 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 free aux 15 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 16 free cop 16 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 12 say ccomp 17 not not PART Polarity=Neg 19 vote advmod 18 to to PART _ 19 vote mark 19 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 free advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Some vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 make present compulsory voting the result tree rules 3 show present the result not said here everyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient 4 say speech: assert present others vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 5 is should people free property tree rules 6 not vote to-infinitive people not said here vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 The fine is so big that people go to prison
det nsubj cop advmod mark nsubj advcl case obl root The DET fine NOUN is AUX so ADV big ADJ that SCONJ people NOUN go VERB to ADP prison NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fine det 2 fine fine NOUN Number=Sing 5 big nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 big cop 4 so so ADV _ 5 big advmod 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 8 go mark 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 go nsubj 8 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 big advcl 9 to to ADP _ 10 prison case 10 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 8 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the fine big property tree rules 2 go present people prison vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location
Option 4 Australia is not a democracy because of it, and everyone there agrees the fines should stop at once
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop advmod det case fixed nmod punct cc nsubj advmod acl:relcl det nsubj aux ccomp case obl root Australia PROPN is AUX not PART a DET democracy NOUN because ADP of ADP it PRON , PUNCT and CCONJ everyone PRON there ADV agrees VERB the DET fines NOUN should AUX stop VERB at ADP once ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 5 democracy nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 democracy cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 democracy advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 democracy det 5 democracy democracy NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 it case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 democracy nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 agrees punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 13 agrees cc 11 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 13 agrees nsubj 12 there there ADV PronType=Dem 11 everyone advmod 13 agrees agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 democracy acl:relcl 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 fines det 15 fines fine NOUN Number=Plur 17 stop nsubj 16 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 17 stop aux 17 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 agrees ccomp 18 at at ADP _ 19 once case 19 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 17 stop obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present Australia a democracy because democracy tree rules 2 agree speech: agree present everyone a democracy not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent democracy=Co-Agent clause=Topic 3 stop should the fines vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
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