Test 3 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

«ref's mum is the captain of the other team, mate, that's well dodgy» Which rule of fair trials is this like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, that, rule, fair trials · What happens: be, rule · To what, where: captain, this

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 captain	punct
2	ref	ref	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 ref	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 captain	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 captain	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 captain	det
7	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 team	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 team	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 team	amod
11	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 captain	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mate	punct
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 team	vocative
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dodgy	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 dodgy	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 dodgy	cop
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 dodgy	advmod
18	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 captain	conj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 dodgy	punct
20	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	21 rule	det
21	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 this	nsubj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 trials	case
23	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 trials	amod
24	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 rule	nmod
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 this	cop
26	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 dodgy	obl
27	like	like	ADP	_	18 dodgy	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 captain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	ref's mum	the captain and the other team		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	that		dodgy, well property	tree rules
3	is a	present	which rule of fair trials	this		tree rules
4	rule		fair trials			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A judge must not judge a case his own family is in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judge	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 judge	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 judge	advmod
5	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judge	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 family	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 family	amod
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 in	cop
12	in	in	ADP	_	5 judge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not judge	must	a judge	a case					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent case=Value

Option 2

A judge must always wear a wig and a robe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wear	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wear	advmod
5	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wig	det
7	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 robe	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 robe	det
10	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wig	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	must	a judge	a wig and a robe				always property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wig=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Witnesses must always be threatened first, to make sure they talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threatened	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 threatened	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 threatened	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 threatened	aux:pass
5	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 threatened	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 threatened	parataxis
10	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 make	xcomp
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	nsubj
12	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	threaten	must · passive		Witnesses	always, first property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	make	to-infinitive			sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	talk	present	Witnesses = witness			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A jury must always have twelve people in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 jury	det
2	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 people	nummod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	must	a jury	twelve people		it		always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

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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