Test 13 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run

my cousin reckons the US president can be elected as many times as he likes. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: reckon, elect, like · To what, where: US president

This is test 13 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 president	det
5	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 president	compound
6	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 elected	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 elected	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 elected	aux:pass
9	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reckons	ccomp
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 many	advmod
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 times	amod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 elected	obl:unmarked
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 likes	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 likes	nsubj
15	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 elected	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	elect	can · passive		the US president	time	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	like	present	cousin			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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 president can serve at most two terms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 serve	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 president	det
4	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 serve	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 serve	aux
6	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 terms	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 terms	amod
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 terms	nummod
10	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	can	the president			most two terms			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, as long as he wins each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 wins	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wins	nsubj
7	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	advcl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	he				time		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, there is no limit at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 limit	det
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 limit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no limit at all			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, the president can only ever serve one term of four years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 serve	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 president	det
4	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 serve	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 serve	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 serve	advmod
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 serve	advmod
8	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 term	nummod
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 serve	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	can	the president	one term of four years			ever		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Attribute
2	term			four years					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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