Test 11 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run
whats a bill in parliament, like a shop bill?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» 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 | whats | what | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bill | det |
| 3 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 whats | appos |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 parliament | case |
| 5 | parliament | parliament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bill | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bill | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 bill | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bill | det |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bill | compound |
| 10 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bill | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 whats | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it is what the government owes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 what | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 government | det |
| 7 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 owes | nsubj |
| 8 | owes | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | owe | present | the government | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is a plan for a new law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 plan | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 plan | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 plan | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 plan | det |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 law | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 law | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 law | amod |
| 10 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plan | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a plan | for a new law | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it is a court's final decision
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 decision | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 decision | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 decision | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 court | det |
| 6 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decision | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 court | case |
| 8 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 decision | amod |
| 9 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a court's final decision | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it is a list of things to buy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 list | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 list | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 list | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 list | det |
| 6 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 things | case |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 list | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 buy | mark |
| 10 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 things | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a list | of things | tree rules | |||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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