--- title: The pool wasn't built. Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». Which is fai… — Politicians and promises, as the news… · tree and pragmatics description: The pool wasn't built. Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». Which is fairer? 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Which is fairer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** not build, lie, be · **To what, where:** pool, end This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The pool wasn't built. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:1 # text = The pool wasn't built. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **build** | past · passive | | the pool | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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. *Sentence 2:* Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:2 # text = Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». 1 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 LIED lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | Liam's mate | end | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location end=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Which is fairer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:3 # text = Which is fairer? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It doesn't matter what she promised ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:o1:1 # text = It doesn't matter what she promised 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | she | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, politicians can't break promises ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:o2:1 # text = No, politicians can't break promises 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 politicians politician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **break** | can | politicians | promises | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Maybe — or maybe the plan was blocked; check ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:o3:1 # text = Maybe — or maybe the plan was blocked; check 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 — - PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 blocked block VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 10 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **block** | past · passive | | the plan | | | | maybe *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, every broken promise is a lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, every broken promise is a lie 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | every broken promise | a lie | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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