Test 9 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man Grandad: "Everyone talked about my burnt Christmas turkey in 1998. Doesn't mean it was a great turkey." What does he show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, turkey · What happens: talk, not mean, be, show · To what, where: 1998, great turkey · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Grandad: "Everyone talked about my burnt Christmas turkey in 1998.
nsubj punct punct nsubj case nmod:poss amod compound obl case obl punct root Grandad PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Everyone PRON talked VERB about ADP my PRON burnt ADJ Christmas PROPN turkey NOUN in ADP 1998 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 5 talked nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 talked punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 talked punct 4 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 talked nsubj 5 talked talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 about about ADP _ 10 turkey case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 turkey nmod:poss 8 burnt burnt ADJ Degree=Pos 10 turkey amod 9 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 10 turkey compound 10 turkey turkey NOUN Number=Sing 5 talked obl 11 in in ADP _ 12 1998 case 12 1998 1998 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 talked obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 talked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk in a quote past Grandad 1998 about my burnt Christmas turkey vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about turkey=Topic
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: Doesn't mean it was a great turkey."
aux advmod nsubj cop det amod ccomp punct punct root Does AUX n't PART mean VERB it PRON was AUX a DET great ADJ turkey NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 mean advmod 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 turkey nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 turkey cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 turkey det 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 8 turkey amod 8 turkey turkey NOUN Number=Sing 3 mean ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mean present · do-support vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a past turkey a great turkey tree rules
Sentence 3: What does he show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX he PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support Grandad vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 Christmas plans never work out, so stop making them
nsubj advmod xcomp compound:prt punct advmod parataxis xcomp obj root Christmas PROPN plans VERB never ADV work VERB out ADP , PUNCT so ADV stop VERB making VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 plans nsubj 2 plans plan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 work advmod 4 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 plans xcomp 5 out out ADP _ 4 work compound:prt 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 stop punct 7 so so ADV _ 8 stop advmod 8 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 plans parataxis 9 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 stop xcomp 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 making obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 plan present Christmas vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not work out not said to happen infinitive Christmas not said here vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 3 stop infinitive vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 4 make gerund them = they vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
Option 2 Burnt turkey is the best kind of Christmas turkey
amod nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod root Burnt ADJ turkey NOUN is AUX the DET best ADJ kind NOUN of ADP Christmas PROPN turkey NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Burnt burnt ADJ Degree=Pos 2 turkey amod 2 turkey turkey NOUN Number=Sing 6 kind nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 kind cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 kind det 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 kind amod 6 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 turkey case 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 9 turkey compound 9 turkey turkey NOUN Number=Sing 6 kind nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Burnt turkey the best kind of Christmas turkey tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Being talked about doesn't make something good
aux:pass csubj compound:prt aux advmod obj amod root Being AUX talked VERB about ADP does AUX n't PART make VERB something PRON good ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 talked aux:pass 2 talked talk VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 make csubj 3 about about ADP _ 2 talked compound:prt 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 make aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 make advmod 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 make obj 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 7 something amod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk about gerund · passive vn talk-37.5 «NP V» 2 not make present · do-support something vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice People only ever talk about things that are good
nsubj advmod advmod case obl nsubj cop acl:relcl root People NOUN only ADV ever ADV talk VERB about ADP things NOUN that PRON are AUX good ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 4 talk nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 4 talk advmod 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 talk advmod 4 talk talk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 5 about about ADP _ 6 things case 6 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 talk obl 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 good nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 good cop 9 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 things acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk infinitive People ever about things vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic 2 is present things good property tree rules
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