Test 12 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run
Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, king · What happens: say, run · To what, where: country, UK · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 UK | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 UK | det |
| 5 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 runs | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 runs | nsubj |
| 8 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 runs | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 runs | punct |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 runs | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | run | present | the king | the country | the UK | true property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent country=Theme in uk=Trajectory |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, the country is run by a government led by the Prime Minister
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 country | det |
| 4 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 run | aux:pass |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 government | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 government | det |
| 9 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | obl:agent |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 government | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Minister | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Minister | det |
| 13 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 14 Minister | compound |
| 14 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · passive | a government | the country | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | lead | participle | a government not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
Option 2
No, it is run by the courts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 run | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux:pass |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 courts | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 courts | det |
| 8 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · passive | the courts | it | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |
Option 3
Yes, but only in the summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 summer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 summer | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 summer | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 summer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 summer | det |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, the king makes all the laws
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 laws | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 laws | det |
| 8 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the king | all laws | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
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