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Test 10 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man

The politician you like best says, "Either my plan or total chaos!" What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, politician, my · What happens: like, say, plan, do · To what, where: best · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 178 «The politician's either-or and the straw man» of the world 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: The politician you like best says, "Either my plan or total chaos!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 politician	det
2	politician	politician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 like	nsubj
4	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 politician	acl:relcl
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 like	obj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 plan	punct
9	Either	either	CCONJ	_	11 plan	cc:preconj
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 plan	nmod:poss
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 chaos	cc
13	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chaos	amod
14	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	conj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 plan	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 plan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	you	best					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	the politician						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	plan in a quote		my						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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 you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Notice the either-or, even from your own side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
3	either	either	CCONJ	_	11 side	cc:preconj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 either	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 side	cc
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 side	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	11 side	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 side	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	imperative	you not said here	your own side					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer side=Stimulus

Option 2

Believe it, because it's your own side saying it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 side	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 side	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 side	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 side	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 side	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	amod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Believe	conj
10	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 side	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is a	present	it	your own side					tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	your own side not said here	side					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Stop listening to politics for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 politics	case
4	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 listening	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	listen	gerund	you not said here					to politics	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to politics=Theme

Option 4

Check only the other side's tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	1 Check	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	amod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tricks	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 side	case
7	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	the other side's tricks					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme
2	trick		the other side						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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