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Test 11 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man

Kid: "Rude to a waiter ten years ago, so his school plan's codswallop? Shouldn't we, like, read the plan?" What is the kid asking for?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: his, we, kid · What happens: plan, not read, be, ask · To what, where: plan

This is test 11 · ★ 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: Kid: "Rude to a waiter ten years ago, so his school plan's codswallop?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Rude	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Rude	punct
4	Rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Kid	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 waiter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 waiter	det
7	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Rude	obl
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ago	obl:unmarked
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	7 waiter	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 codswallop	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 codswallop	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 plan	nmod:poss
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plan	compound
15	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 codswallop	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 plan	case
17	codswallop	codswallop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan in a quote		his = he						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: Shouldn't we, like, read the plan?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 read	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 read	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 read	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 read	punct
5	like	like	INTJ	_	7 read	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct
7	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plan	det
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 read	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 read	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not read	should	we	the plan					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic

Sentence 3: What is the kid asking for?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kid	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 asking	case
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kid						tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	the kid not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Ignoring every plan about schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 plan	det
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignoring	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 schools	case
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 plan	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	gerund		every plan				about schools	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme

Option 2

Asking the waiter about schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 waiter	det
3	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 schools	case
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the waiter			about schools	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent waiter=Recipient about school=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Judging the plan by what is in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Judging	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 what	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plan	det
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Judging	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 what	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	gerund		the plan					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent plan=Value
2	is	present	Judging			plan			tree rules

Option 4

Voting for whoever is politest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Voting	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 politest	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 whoever	case
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Voting	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 politest	cop
5	politest	polite	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	gerund						for whoever goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for whoever=Goal
2	is	present	Voting					polite property	tree rules

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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