Test 11 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

In a heated class argument about politics, what keeps friends friends?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: heat, keep · To what, where: friends friends, heated class argument

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» 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	In	in	ADP	_	5 argument	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 argument	det
3	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 argument	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 argument	compound
5	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keeps	obl
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 politics	case
7	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 argument	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keeps	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 keeps	nsubj
10	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 friends	compound
12	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keeps	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	keep	present		friends friends		a heated class argument about politics			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent friend=Theme in argument=Location

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

Facts first, name the dispute, no insults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 name	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 name	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 first	punct
4	name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dispute	det
6	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 insults	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 insults	det
9	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dispute	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	infinitive	Facts	the dispute and no insults				first property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispute=Theme

Option 2

Pretend nothing exists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nothing	amod
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	nothing						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Never talk to each other again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 talk	advmod
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 each	case
4	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 talk	obl
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 each	fixed
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	imperative	you not said here				again	to each	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent

Option 4

Whoever shouts loudest wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 shouts	nsubj
2	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 wins	amod
4	wins	win	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shouts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	Whoever	loudest wins					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Topic

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