Test 8 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man Teen: "We always did it this way. We also always had no seatbelts, mate." What is the teen's point?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, point, teen · What happens: do, have, be, point · To what, where: it, seatbelts
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Teen: "We always did it this way.
compound punct punct nsubj advmod obj det obl:unmarked punct root Teen NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON always ADV did VERB it PRON this DET way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teen teen NOUN Number=Sing 6 did compound 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Teen punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 did punct 4 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 did nsubj 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 did advmod 6 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 did obj 8 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 way det 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing 6 did obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote past We it this way obl:unmarked ; always property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
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: We also always had no seatbelts, mate."
nsubj advmod advmod det obj punct appos punct punct root We PRON also ADV always ADV had VERB no DET seatbelts NOUN , PUNCT mate NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 had nsubj 2 also also ADV _ 4 had advmod 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 had advmod 4 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 6 seatbelts det 6 seatbelts seatbelt NOUN Number=Plur 4 had obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 mate punct 8 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 seatbelts appos 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 had punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 4 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past We no seatbelts always property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seatbelt=Patient
Sentence 3: What is the teen's point?
cop det nmod:poss case nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET teen NOUN 's PART point NOUN ? PUNCT 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 teen det 4 teen teen NOUN Number=Sing 6 point nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 teen case 6 point point NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the teen's point tree rules 2 point the teen nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Everything old should be thrown away
nsubj:pass amod aux aux:pass advmod root Everything PRON old ADJ should AUX be AUX thrown VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 thrown nsubj:pass 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Everything amod 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 thrown aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 thrown aux:pass 5 thrown throw VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 away away ADV _ 5 thrown advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 throw away should · passive Everything away property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 2 Seatbelts were a bad idea all along
nsubj cop det amod advmod advmod root Seatbelts NOUN were AUX a DET bad ADJ idea NOUN all ADV along ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seatbelts seatbelt NOUN Number=Plur 5 idea nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 idea cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 idea det 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 idea amod 5 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 all all ADV _ 7 along advmod 7 along along ADV _ 5 idea advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Seatbelts a bad idea along property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Old isn't automatically right; check whether it works
amod cop advmod advmod punct parataxis mark nsubj ccomp root Old ADJ is AUX n't PART automatically ADV right ADJ ; PUNCT check VERB whether SCONJ it PRON works VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Old old ADJ Degree=Pos 5 right amod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 right cop 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 right advmod 4 automatically automatically ADV _ 5 right advmod 5 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 check punct 7 check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 right parataxis 8 whether whether SCONJ _ 10 works mark 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 works nsubj 10 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 check ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is present automatically, right property tree rules 2 check infinitive tree rules 3 work present it vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Politicians should all ride in cars
nsubj aux advmod case obl root Politicians NOUN should AUX all ADV ride VERB in ADP cars NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Politicians politician NOUN Number=Plur 4 ride nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 ride aux 3 all all ADV _ 4 ride advmod 4 ride ride VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 cars case 6 cars car NOUN Number=Plur 4 ride obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ride should Politicians cars all property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
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