Test 1 · ★ · The First World War

cousin says ww1 kicked off cos one guy got shot. that it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: say, kick off, shoot · To what, where: ww1, one guy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 33 «The First World War» of the history 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	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ww1	ww1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 says	obj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ww1	acl
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 kicked	compound:prt
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 shot	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 guy	nummod
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shot	nsubj:pass
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shot	aux:pass
10	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kicked	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	that	that	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	cousin	ww1	that guy	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ww1=Topic
2	kick off	participle				vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	shoot	past · passive		one guy		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Yes, nothing else mattered at all, and nobody else wanted war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 mattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 nothing	punct
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 mattered	nsubj
4	else	else	ADV	_	3 nothing	advmod
5	mattered	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 mattered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wanted	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 wanted	nsubj
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 nobody	advmod
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mattered	conj
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	past	nothing			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	want	past	nobody	war					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot war=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That was the spark, but rival alliances pulled everyone in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 spark	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spark	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spark	det
4	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pulled	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 pulled	cc
7	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 alliances	amod
8	alliances	alliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	nsubj
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spark	conj
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 pulled	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	9 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	the spark					tree rules
2	pull	past	rival alliances	everyone					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent everyone=Result

Option 3

No, it started in 1939

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 started	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 started	nsubj
4	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1939	case
6	1939	1939	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 started	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	it			1939			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

No, it started over football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 started	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 started	nsubj
4	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 football	case
6	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 started	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	it			football			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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