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Test 8 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

Mia says, «they wear wigs cos the law says the wig makes them fair». What is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, they, law, wig · What happens: say, wear, make, be · To what, where: wigs, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Mia says, «they wear wigs cos the law says the wig makes them fair».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wear	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 wear	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wear	nsubj
6	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	wigs	wig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wear	obj
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 says	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wear	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wig	det
13	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 makes	nsubj
14	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 says	ccomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 makes	obj
16	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 makes	xcomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 makes	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear in a quote	present	they	wigs					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wig=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the law						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	make in a quote	present	the wig	them = they				fair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product

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: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Wigs are just an old tradition; fairness comes from the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wigs	wig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tradition	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tradition	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 tradition	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tradition	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tradition	amod
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 comes	punct
8	fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tradition	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 rules	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rules	det
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wigs	a old tradition					tree rules
2	come	present	fairness			the rules			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from rule=Initial_Location

Option 2

The wig really does make a judge fairer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wig	det
2	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 make	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 judge	det
7	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	the wig	a judge				fair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material judge=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only the Queen can decide who wears a wig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 decide	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 decide	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 decide	aux
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wears	nsubj
7	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decide	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wig	det
9	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wears	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	can	the Queen						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear	present		a wig					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wig=Theme

Option 4

Judges without wigs are not allowed to give a verdict, so they must always wear them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 wigs	case
3	wigs	wig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Judges	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 verdict	det
10	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wear	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 wear	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wear	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 wear	aux
15	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 wear	advmod
16	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Judges without wigs					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	Judges without wigs not said here	a verdict					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verdict=Theme
3	wear	must	Judges = judge	wigs = wig				always property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

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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