Test 7 · ★ · The First World War

Why might two Ukrainian brothers have ended up on opposite sides in 1914?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: end up · To what, where: two Ukrainian brothers, opposite sides

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ended	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 ended	aux
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 brothers	nummod
4	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brothers	amod
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ended	nsubj:pass
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ended	aux
7	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 ended	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 sides	case
10	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sides	amod
11	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ended	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 1914	case
13	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 sides	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	might · perfect · passive		two Ukrainian brothers		opposite sides in 1914			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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

Ukraine was split between Russia and Austria-Hungary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 split	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 split	aux:pass
3	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 Russia	case
5	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 split	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Austria	cc
7	Austria	Austria	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Russia	conj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Hungary	punct
9	Hungary	Hungary	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Austria	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past · passive		Ukraine				between Russia and Austria and Hungary	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Ukraine fought against itself on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 itself	case
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 fought	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	Ukraine			purpose		against itself = it	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

That could never happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	could	That						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They chose by flipping a coin

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	2 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 flipping	mark
4	flipping	flip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 chose	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flipping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	They						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	flip	gerund	They not said here	a coin					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

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