Test 9 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th…

Why did the two language versions of the Treaty of Waitangi cause problems?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: two language versions · What happens: do, cause · To what, where: problems

This is test 9 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» of the geography 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 versions	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 versions	nummod
5	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 versions	compound
6	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cause	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Treaty	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Treaty	det
9	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 versions	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Waitangi	case
11	Waitangi	Waitangi	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Treaty	nmod
12	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
13	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cause	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cause	present	the two language versions of the Treaty of Waitangi	problems					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition problem=Patient

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

They did not say the same thing about who held power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 held	mark
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 held	nsubj
10	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	acl:relcl
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	They	the same thing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	hold	past	the same thing	power					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

Option 2

Both versions were written in French by the missionaries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 versions	det
2	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 French	case
6	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 missionaries	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 missionaries	det
9	missionaries	missionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive	the missionaries	both versions		French			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in french=Destination

Option 3

The Māori version was lost at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 version	det
2	Māori	Māori	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 version	compound
3	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		the Māori version		sea			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

Nobody could read either version

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 read	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 read	aux
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	5 version	cc:preconj
5	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	could	Nobody	version					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Topic

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