Test 4 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man Uncle from Boston: "That guy's wicked salty. He says she wants no army at all. She said a bit less!" Who is reasoning fairly?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy, Boston · What happens: say, want, reason · To what, where: army, all · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Uncle from Boston: "That guy's wicked salty.
case nmod punct punct det nsubj case amod conj punct root Uncle NOUN from ADP Boston PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT That DET guy NOUN 's PART wicked ADJ salty ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 from from ADP _ 3 Boston case 3 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 1 Uncle nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 10 salty punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 salty punct 6 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 guy det 7 guy guy NOUN Number=Sing 10 salty nsubj 8 's 's PART _ 7 guy case 9 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 10 salty amod 10 salty salty ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Uncle conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Uncle punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: He says she wants no army at all.
nsubj nsubj ccomp det obj case nmod punct root He PRON says VERB she PRON wants VERB no DET army NOUN at ADP all DET . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 wants nsubj 4 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 6 army det 6 army army NOUN Number=Sing 4 wants obj 7 at at ADP _ 8 all case 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 army nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present guy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 want present Boston no army all vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot army=Theme
Sentence 3: She said a bit less!"
nsubj det obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root She PRON said VERB a DET bit NOUN less ADV ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bit det 4 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 less obl:unmarked 5 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 2 said advmod 6 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 said punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 2 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Boston less property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: Who is reasoning fairly?
nsubj aux advmod punct root Who PRON is AUX reasoning VERB fairly ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 reasoning nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 reasoning aux 3 reasoning reason VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 fairly fairly ADV _ 3 reasoning advmod 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 reasoning punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reason present · progressive fairly property vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The guy; he is angrier, so he must be right
det nsubj punct nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj aux cop conj root The DET guy NOUN ; PUNCT he PRON is AUX angrier ADJ , PUNCT so ADV he PRON must AUX be AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 guy det 2 guy guy NOUN Number=Sing 6 angrier nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 2 guy punct 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 angrier nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 angrier cop 6 angrier angry ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 right punct 8 so so ADV _ 12 right advmod 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 right nsubj 10 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 right aux 11 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 right cop 12 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 6 angrier conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the guy angry property tree rules 2 is must he right property tree rules
Option 2 Nobody; you can never know what she really said
punct nsubj aux advmod conj obj nsubj advmod ccomp root Nobody PRON ; PUNCT you PRON can AUX never ADV know VERB what PRON she PRON really ADV said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 know punct 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 know nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 know aux 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 know advmod 6 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Nobody conj 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 10 said obj 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 said nsubj 9 really really ADV _ 10 said advmod 10 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 know ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not know can you vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 say speech: assert past she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
Option 3 The guy; "a bit less" really means none at all
det nsubj punct punct det nsubj advmod punct advmod obj case nmod root The DET guy NOUN ; PUNCT " PUNCT a DET bit NOUN less ADV " PUNCT really ADV means VERB none PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 guy det 2 guy guy NOUN Number=Sing 10 means nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 2 guy punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 bit punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bit det 6 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 10 means nsubj 7 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 6 bit advmod 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 bit punct 9 really really ADV _ 10 means advmod 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 none none PRON PronType=Neg 10 means obj 12 at at ADP _ 13 all case 13 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 none nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present the guy none all vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The uncle; he repeats what she really said
det nsubj punct nsubj obj nsubj advmod ccomp root The DET uncle NOUN ; PUNCT he PRON repeats VERB what PRON she PRON really ADV said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 uncle det 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 5 repeats nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 2 uncle punct 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 repeats nsubj 5 repeats repeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 said obj 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 said nsubj 8 really really ADV _ 9 said advmod 9 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 repeats ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 repeat present the uncle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert past she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
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