Test 4 · ★★ · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

Josh: "The UN runs the whole world, right? Like a final boss?" ("Final boss" is the strongest enemy at the end of a game.) What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Josh, Final boss · What happens: run, be · To what, where: whole world, strongest enemy, end

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» 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

Sentence 1: Josh: "The UN runs the whole world, right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 UN	det
5	UN	UN	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 world	amod
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	6 runs	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	present	Josh	the whole world					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory

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: Like a final boss?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	4 boss	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boss	det
3	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boss	amod
4	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 boss	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boss	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: ("Final boss" is the strongest enemy at the end of a game.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 enemy	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boss	punct
3	Final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boss	amod
4	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enemy	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boss	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 enemy	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 enemy	det
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 enemy	amod
9	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enemy	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 end	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 enemy	punct
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 enemy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Final boss	the strongest enemy			at the end of a game		tree rules

Sentence 4: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It helps countries talk, but has no power to rule them and often cannot stop wars

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 helps	obj
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 helps	parataxis
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 power	det
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 rule	mark
11	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 power	acl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rule	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stop	cc
14	often	often	ADV	_	17 stop	advmod
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 stop	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 stop	advmod
17	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 has	conj
18	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	countries		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	talk	infinitive	countries not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	present		no power		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
4	rule	to-infinitive		countries = country		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	not stop	can		wars	often property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality

Option 2

It has no members at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 members	det
4	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no members		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Patient

Option 3

It rules every country like a king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rules	nsubj
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 country	det
4	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rules	appos
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rules	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

It was closed down in 1950

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 closed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 closed	aux:pass
3	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 closed	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1950	case
6	1950	1950	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close down	past · passive		It				in 1950	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in 1950=Topic

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