Test 11 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

★★★ A juror writes «stupid» on her slate and then can't spell it, so asks her neighbour. In the book, what does this show about the jury?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, juror, neighbour, this · What happens: ★, write, not spell, ask, show · To what, where: stupid, slate, book

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» 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: ★★★ A juror writes «stupid» on her slate and then can't spell it, so asks her neighbour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 juror	det
5	juror	juror	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 writes	nsubj
6	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ★	parataxis
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 stupid	punct
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 writes	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 stupid	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 slate	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 slate	nmod:poss
12	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 writes	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spell	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 spell	advmod
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 spell	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 spell	advmod
17	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 writes	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spell	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 asks	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 asks	advmod
21	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ★	conj
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 neighbour	nmod:poss
23	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 asks	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ★	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	★	present	★				tree rules
2	write	present	a juror	stupid	juror's slate		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stupid=Theme on slate=Destination
3	not spell	can	a juror not said here	slate		then	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	present	juror's neighbour				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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: In the book, what does this show about the jury?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 book	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 book	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 show	obj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 show	aux
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 show	nsubj
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 jury	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jury	det
11	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this			the book		about the jury	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about jury=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are not following the trial, so they cannot judge it fairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 following	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 following	advmod
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trial	det
6	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 following	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 judge	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 judge	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 judge	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 judge	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 judge	advmod
12	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 following	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 judge	obj
14	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	12 judge	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	present · progressive	They	the trial					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Theme
2	not judge	can	they	trial				fairly property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value

Option 2

They have already been told the verdict by the Queen and are only pretending to listen

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 verdict	det
7	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Queen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pretending	cc
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pretending	aux
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 pretending	advmod
14	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 told	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 listen	mark
16	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 pretending	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · perfect · passive	the Queen	They	the verdict	tree rules
2	pretend	present · progressive				tree rules
3	listen	to-infinitive				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are writing the sentence before the verdict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 writing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 writing	aux
3	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sentence	det
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 writing	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 verdict	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 verdict	det
8	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · progressive	They	the sentence			before the verdict		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme

Option 4

They are the cleverest people in Wonderland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 people	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
4	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Wonderland	case
7	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the cleverest people		Wonderland			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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