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Test 4 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…

A Dubliner says, "Ah, the count's a grand bit of craic, the tallymen have it called already." What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dubliner, count, tallymen · What happens: say, be, have, call, mean · To what, where: grand bit, count · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 Dubliner says, "Ah, the count's a grand bit of craic, the tallymen have it called already."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Dubliner	det
2	Dubliner	dubliner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
6	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	13 bit	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Ah	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 count	det
9	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bit	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bit	det
12	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bit	amod
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 craic	case
15	craic	craic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 have	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tallymen	det
18	tallymen	tallyman	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 have	nsubj
19	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bit	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 have	obj
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 have	xcomp
22	already	already	ADV	_	21 called	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Dubliner						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the count	a grand bit				of craic	tree rules
3	have in a quote	present	the tallymen	count					tree rules
4	call in a quote	participle	count not said here						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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: What does he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Dubliner						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Party helpers watching the count are guessing the result early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helpers	compound
2	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 guessing	nsubj
3	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 helpers	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 count	det
5	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watching	obj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 guessing	aux
7	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 result	det
9	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guessing	obj
10	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 guessing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund	Party helpers not said here	the count					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Theme
2	guess	present · progressive	Party helpers	the result				early property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme

Option 2

The election was decided before voting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 election	det
2	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decided	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux:pass
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 voting	mark
6	voting	vote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 decided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past · passive		the election					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	vote	gerund							vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The President has called the result himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 President	det
2	President	President	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 result	det
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · perfect · passive		the President				himself = he obl	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

The tallymen are the official counters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tallymen	det
2	tallymen	tallyman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 counters	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 counters	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 counters	det
5	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 counters	amod
6	counters	counter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the tallymen	the official counters					tree rules

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