Test 14 · Countries, peoples and languages of the world

Olivia reckons Canada only speaks English. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Olivia · What happens: reckon, speak · To what, where: Canada, English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» 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	Olivia	Olivia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 speaks	advmod
5	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	advcl
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Olivia	Canada					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent canada=Attribute
2	speak speech: other	present	Olivia not said here	English					tree rules

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

No, Canada's language is Spanish, like in Mexico next door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 Spanish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 language	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Canada	case
5	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Spanish	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Spanish	cop
7	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Mexico	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 Mexico	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Mexico	case
11	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Spanish	conj
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Mexico	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Canada's language					spanish property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, English is the only one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	English	the only one					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, French is banned there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 banned	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 banned	aux:pass
5	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		French		there			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, Canada has two official languages, English and French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 languages	nummod
6	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 languages	amod
7	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 English	punct
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 languages	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 French	cc
11	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 English	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Canada	two official languages					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient

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