Test 9 · Africa: countries and capitals

«my mate says ethiopia was a british colony» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, ethiopia, british colony · What happens: say, be · To what, where: british colony · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ethiopia	ethiopia	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 colony	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 colony	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 colony	det
8	british	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colony	amod
9	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 colony	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colony	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	ethiopia	a british colony		tree rules
3	is	present	a british colony		right property	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

No, Ethiopia stayed independent apart from an Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stayed	xcomp
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 occupation	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 occupation	det
9	Italian	Italian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 occupation	amod
10	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stayed	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 1936	case
12	1936	1936	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 stayed	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 1941	case
14	1941	1941	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 1936	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Ethiopia			a Italian occupation		from 1936 to 1941; apart, independent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, Britain ruled it for 100 years, from Addis Ababa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ruled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ruled	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Ababa	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 Ababa	case
11	Addis	Addis	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ababa	compound
12	Ababa	Ababa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	Britain	it		Addis Ababa	year		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

No, it was part of Egypt until the Second World War ended in 1945

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 part	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 part	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 part	cop
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ended	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Egypt	case
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod
8	until	until	ADP	_	12 War	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 War	det
10	Second	Second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 War	amod
11	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 War	compound
12	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 ended	obl
13	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 1945	case
15	1945	1945	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	part				of Egypt	tree rules
2	end	past	part			1945	until the Second World War		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, it was French until 1960

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 French	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 French	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 French	cop
5	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	until	until	ADP	_	7 1960	case
7	1960	1960	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 French	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it				until 1960	french property	tree rules

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