Test 8 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth
A general is accused of war crimes. Which court in The Hague can try him?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: court · What happens: accuse, try · To what, where: general
This is test 8 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» 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
Sentence 1: A general is accused of war crimes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 general | det |
| 2 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accused | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 accused | aux:pass |
| 4 | accused | accuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 crimes | case |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crimes | compound |
| 7 | crimes | crime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 accused | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 accused | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accuse | present · passive | a general | of war crimes | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of crime=Attribute |
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: Which court in The Hague can try him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 court | det |
| 2 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 try | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Hague | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hague | det |
| 5 | Hague | Hague | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 court | nmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 try | aux |
| 7 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 try | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | can | which court in the Hague | general | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
The UN Security Council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Council | det |
| 2 | UN | UN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Council | compound |
| 3 | Security | Security | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Council | compound |
| 4 | Council | Council | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The International Criminal Court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Court | det |
| 2 | International | International | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Court | amod |
| 3 | Criminal | Criminal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Court | amod |
| 4 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The European Parliament
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Parliament | det |
| 2 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Parliament | amod |
| 3 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The International Court of Justice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Court | det |
| 2 | International | International | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Court | amod |
| 3 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Justice | case |
| 5 | Justice | Justice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Court | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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