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Test 6 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

The King tells the Hatter, «Don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot». Why would that be wrong in a real court?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, Hatter, that · What happens: tell, not be, have, execute, be · To what, where: Hatter, spot, real court · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: The King tells the Hatter, «Don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Hatter	det
5	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nervous	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 nervous	punct
8	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 nervous	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 nervous	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 nervous	cop
11	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tells	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 have	cc
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 have	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 have	aux
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nervous	conj
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 have	obj
18	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 have	xcomp
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 spot	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 spot	det
21	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 executed	obl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 nervous	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the King		the Hatter				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hatter=Recipient
2	not is in a quote	infinitive · do-support						nervous property	tree rules
3	have in a quote	future	the King = king	the Hatter = hatter					tree rules
4	execute in a quote	participle	the Hatter = hatter not said here			the spot			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: 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: Why would that be wrong in a real court?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 wrong	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wrong	aux
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wrong	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 wrong	cop
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 court	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 court	amod
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrong	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	that			a real court		wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Witnesses must never be told to stay calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 told	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	must · passive		Witnesses					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Witnesses not said here					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Only the jury may speak to witnesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 jury	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jury	det
3	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 speak	aux
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 witnesses	case
7	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	may	the jury					to witnesses	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to witness=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Threatening a witness is a crime, and scared witnesses may not tell the truth

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 crime	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 witness	det
3	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threatening	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crime	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crime	det
6	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tell	cc
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 witnesses	amod
10	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tell	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 tell	advmod
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 crime	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 truth	det
15	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	gerund		a witness					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus witness=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Threatening	a crime					tree rules
3	not tell speech: assert	may	scared witnesses	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 4

Hatters are not allowed to be witnesses in court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hatters	hatter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 witnesses	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 witnesses	cop
7	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Hatters		court			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	Hatters not said here	witnesses					tree rules

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