Test 8 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run

Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: true difference

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 difference	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 difference	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 difference	det
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 difference	amod
5	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 USA	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 USA	det
8	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 difference	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 UK	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 UK	det
11	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 USA	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 difference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a true difference				between the USA and the UK	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The USA elects a president; the UK has a king and a prime minister

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 USA	det
2	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 elects	nsubj
3	elects	elect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 president	det
5	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 elects	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 UK	det
8	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 elects	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 minister	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 minister	det
14	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 minister	amod
15	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	present	the USA	a president					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme
2	have	present	the UK	a king and a prime minister					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Option 2

Neither country has any parliament at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 parliament	det
5	parliament	parliament	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 parliament	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	neither country	any parliament		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parliament=Patient

Option 3

The UK elects a president; the USA has a king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 UK	det
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 elects	nsubj
3	elects	elect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 president	det
5	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 elects	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 USA	det
8	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 elects	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	present	the UK	a president					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme
2	have	present	the USA	a king					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Option 4

Both are ruled by a king with no elections

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 ruled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ruled	aux:pass
3	ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ruled	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 elections	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 elections	det
9	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	present · passive	a king	Both				with no elections	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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