Test 3 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel… A Kiwi kid says, "Sweet as, Mum ticked Greens for party and the Labour bloke for our local." ("Sweet as" means fine.) What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kiwi kid, Mum, this · What happens: say, tick, mean, show · To what, where: Greens · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A Kiwi kid says, "Sweet as, Mum ticked Greens for party and the Labour bloke for our local."
det compound nsubj punct punct ccomp fixed punct nsubj conj obj case obl cc det compound conj case nmod:poss obl punct punct root A DET Kiwi PROPN kid NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Sweet ADJ as ADP , PUNCT Mum PROPN ticked VERB Greens NOUN for ADP party NOUN and CCONJ the DET Labour PROPN bloke NOUN for ADP our PRON local ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 kid det 2 Kiwi Kiwi PROPN Number=Sing 3 kid compound 3 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Sweet punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Sweet punct 7 Sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 8 as as ADP _ 7 Sweet fixed 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 ticked punct 10 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 11 ticked nsubj 11 ticked tick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says conj 12 Greens green NOUN Number=Plur 11 ticked obj 13 for for ADP _ 14 party case 14 party party NOUN Number=Sing 11 ticked obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 18 bloke cc 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 bloke det 17 Labour Labour PROPN Number=Sing 18 bloke compound 18 bloke bloke NOUN Number=Sing 14 party conj 19 for for ADP _ 21 local case 20 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 21 local nmod:poss 21 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 11 ticked obl 22 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Kiwi kid vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 tick in a quote past Mum Greens for party and the Labour bloke; for our local vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location green=Theme
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: ("Sweet as" means fine.)
punct punct mark punct advcl xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sweet ADJ as SCONJ " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 3 Sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 means mark 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 as punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 Sweet advcl 7 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does this show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 The local vote decides the whole government and the party vote is just for fun
The tree, 15 words det amod nsubj det amod obj cc det compound nsubj cop advmod case conj root The DET local ADJ vote NOUN decides VERB the DET whole ADJ government NOUN and CCONJ the DET party NOUN vote NOUN is AUX just ADV for ADP fun NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 vote det 2 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 3 vote amod 3 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 4 decides nsubj 4 decides decide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 government det 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 government amod 7 government government NOUN Number=Sing 4 decides obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 15 fun cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 vote det 10 party party NOUN Number=Sing 11 vote compound 11 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 15 fun nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 fun cop 13 just just ADV _ 15 fun advmod 14 for for ADP _ 15 fun case 15 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 4 decides conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 decide present the local vote the whole government vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent government=Topic 2 is present the party vote for fun tree rules
Option 2 Her mum has voted illegally twice, and both of her votes will now be thrown away
The tree, 16 words nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod advmod punct cc nsubj case nmod:poss nmod aux advmod aux:pass conj advmod root Her PRON mum NOUN has AUX voted VERB illegally ADV twice ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ both DET of ADP her PRON votes NOUN will AUX now ADV be AUX thrown VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 voted nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 voted aux 4 voted vote VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 illegally illegally ADV _ 4 voted advmod 6 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 voted advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 16 thrown punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 16 thrown cc 9 both both DET PronType=Tot 16 thrown nsubj 10 of of ADP _ 12 votes case 11 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 votes nmod:poss 12 votes vote NOUN Number=Plur 9 both nmod 13 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 thrown aux 14 now now ADV PronType=Dem 16 thrown advmod 15 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 16 thrown aux:pass 16 thrown throw VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 voted conj 17 away away ADV _ 16 thrown advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 vote present · perfect Her mum illegally, twice property vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 throw away future · passive both now away property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 3 vote mum nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Only the party vote will be counted, so the tick for the Labour bloke is wasted
The tree, 16 words advmod det compound nsubj:pass aux aux:pass punct advmod det nsubj:pass case det compound nmod aux:pass conj root Only ADV the DET party NOUN vote NOUN will AUX be AUX counted VERB , PUNCT so ADV the DET tick NOUN for ADP the DET Labour PROPN bloke NOUN is AUX wasted VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 4 vote advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 vote det 3 party party NOUN Number=Sing 4 vote compound 4 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 7 counted nsubj:pass 5 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 counted aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 counted aux:pass 7 counted count VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 17 wasted punct 9 so so ADV _ 17 wasted advmod 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 tick det 11 tick tick NOUN Number=Sing 17 wasted nsubj:pass 12 for for ADP _ 15 bloke case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 bloke det 14 Labour Labour PROPN Number=Sing 15 bloke compound 15 bloke bloke NOUN Number=Sing 11 tick nmod 16 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 wasted aux:pass 17 wasted waste VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 counted conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count future · passive the party vote vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 waste present · passive the tick for the Labour bloke vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer New Zealand voters can split their two votes between different choices
flat compound nsubj aux nmod:poss nummod obj case amod obl root New PROPN Zealand PROPN voters NOUN can AUX split VERB their PRON two NUM votes NOUN between ADP different ADJ choices NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 New New PROPN Number=Sing 2 Zealand flat 2 Zealand Zealand PROPN Number=Sing 3 voters compound 3 voters voter NOUN Number=Plur 5 split nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 split aux 5 split split VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 votes nmod:poss 7 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 votes nummod 8 votes vote NOUN Number=Plur 5 split obj 9 between between ADP _ 11 choices case 10 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 11 choices amod 11 choices choice NOUN Number=Plur 5 split obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 split can Zealand voters voters's two votes between different choices vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient 2 vote voters = voter nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent
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