--- title: In a trial, the judge listens only to one side and refuses to hear t… — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics description: In a trial, the judge listens only to one side and refuses to hear the other. What is wrong? 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What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** listen, refuse, not hear, be · **To what, where:** other This is test 7 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/96-laws-voting-government/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a trial, the judge listens only to one side and refuses to hear the other. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:1 # text = In a trial, the judge listens only to one side and refuses to hear the other. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 refuses refuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | present | the judge | | | | | to one side; in a trial | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in trial=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | present | the judge *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **hear** | to-infinitive | the judge *not said here* | the other | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | 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:* What is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:2 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Judges must always side with the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:o1:1 # text = Judges must always side with the police 1 Judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Judges must listen fairly to both sides ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:o2:1 # text = Judges must listen fairly to both sides 1 Judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | must | Judges | | | | | to both sides; fairly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing; judges may choose whom to hear ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:o3:1 # text = Nothing; judges may choose whom to hear 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | may | judges | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | judges *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Trials must be decided by the president ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t7:o4:1 # text = Trials must be decided by the president 1 Trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | must · passive | the president | Trials | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | **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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