Test 8 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel… A boy in Wellington says, "Why do Māori get special seats? That's unfair, innit." Which answer gives both sides?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, Māori, That, answer · What happens: say, get, be, innit, give · To what, where: special seats, sides · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 boy in Wellington says, "Why do Māori get special seats?
det nsubj case nmod punct punct advmod aux nsubj conj amod obj punct root A DET boy NOUN in ADP Wellington PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Why ADV do AUX Māori PROPN get VERB special ADJ seats NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Wellington case 4 Wellington Wellington PROPN Number=Sing 2 boy nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 says punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 11 get punct 8 Why why ADV PronType=Int 11 get advmod 9 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 get aux 10 Māori Māori PROPN Number=Sing 11 get nsubj 11 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 says conj 12 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 13 seats amod 13 seats seat NOUN Number=Plur 11 get obj 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present a boy in Wellington vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 get in a quote present · do-support Māori special seats vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seat=Stimulus
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 unfair, innit."
nsubj cop punct discourse punct punct root That PRON 's AUX unfair ADJ , PUNCT innit VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 unfair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair cop 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 innit punct 5 innit innit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair discourse 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That unfair property tree rules 2 innit infinitive tree rules
Sentence 3: Which answer gives both sides?
det nsubj det obj punct root Which DET answer NOUN gives VERB both DET sides NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 answer det 2 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 3 gives nsubj 3 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 both both DET PronType=Tot 5 sides det 5 sides side NOUN Number=Plur 3 gives obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 gives punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give present which answer both sides vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme
The options Option 1 The seats are only for tourists from Australia
det nsubj cop advmod case case nmod root The DET seats NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP tourists NOUN from ADP Australia PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 seats det 2 seats seat NOUN Number=Plur 6 tourists nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tourists cop 4 only only ADV _ 6 tourists advmod 5 for for ADP _ 6 tourists case 6 tourists tourist NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 from from ADP _ 8 Australia case 8 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 6 tourists nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the seats Australia for tourists tree rules
Option 2 Nobody has ever argued about the Māori seats
nsubj:pass aux advmod case det compound obl root Nobody PRON has AUX ever ADV argued VERB about ADP the DET Māori PROPN seats NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 argued nsubj:pass 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 argued aux 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 argued advmod 4 argued argue VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 about about ADP _ 8 seats case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 seats det 7 Māori Māori PROPN Number=Sing 8 seats compound 8 seats seat NOUN Number=Plur 4 argued obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · perfect · passive Nobody ever about the Māori seats vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
Option 3 Māori are not allowed to vote anywhere else at all, so without these special seats they would have no vote
The tree, 20 words nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark xcomp advmod advmod case obl punct advmod case det amod obl nsubj aux conj det obj root Māori NOUN are AUX not PART allowed VERB to PART vote VERB anywhere ADV else ADV at ADP all DET , PUNCT so ADV without ADP these DET special ADJ seats NOUN they PRON would AUX have VERB no DET vote NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Māori māori NOUN Number=Plur 4 allowed nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allowed aux:pass 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 allowed advmod 4 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to PART _ 6 vote mark 6 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 allowed xcomp 7 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 6 vote advmod 8 else else ADV _ 7 anywhere advmod 9 at at ADP _ 10 all case 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 vote obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 19 have punct 12 so so ADV _ 19 have advmod 13 without without ADP _ 16 seats case 14 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 16 seats det 15 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 16 seats amod 16 seats seat NOUN Number=Plur 19 have obl 17 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 have nsubj 18 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 have aux 19 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 allowed conj 20 no no DET PronType=Neg 21 vote det 21 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 19 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not allow present · passive Māori vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 vote not said to happen to-infinitive Māori not said here all anywhere property vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 have would Māori no vote without this special seats vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Some say they protect a voice for the first people; others say everyone should vote on one roll
The tree, 18 words nsubj nsubj ccomp det obj case det amod nmod punct nsubj parataxis nsubj aux ccomp case nummod obl root Some DET say VERB they PRON protect VERB a DET voice NOUN for ADP the DET first ADJ people NOUN ; PUNCT others NOUN say VERB everyone PRON should AUX vote VERB on ADP one NUM roll NOUN 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 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 protect nsubj 4 protect protect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say ccomp 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 voice det 6 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing 4 protect obj 7 for for ADP _ 10 people case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 people det 9 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 10 people amod 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 voice nmod 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 say punct 12 others other NOUN Number=Plur 13 say nsubj 13 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say parataxis 14 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 16 vote nsubj 15 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 vote aux 16 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 say ccomp 17 on on ADP _ 19 roll case 18 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 19 roll nummod 19 roll roll NOUN Number=Sing 16 vote obl
# 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 protect present they a voice for the first people vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Beneficiary 3 say speech: assert present others vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 vote should everyone one roll vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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