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Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.» Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole world · What happens: shoot, go · To what, where: one dude, Sarajevo, war

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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: ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.»

compoundcompoundapposcasenmodpunctpunctamodparataxispunctnummodnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscaseoblpunctadvmoddetamodnsubjconjcaseoblpunctpunctroot★PROPN★NOUN★NOUNMasonPROPNinADPBostonPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTWickedADJsimpleADJ:PUNCToneNUMdudeNOUNgotAUXshotVERBinADPSarajevoPROPN,PUNCTsoADVtheDETwholeADJworldNOUNwentVERBtoADPwarNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1★★PROPNNumber=Sing3 ★compound
2★★NOUNNumber=Sing3 ★compound
3★★NOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4MasonMasonPROPNNumber=Sing3 ★appos
5ininADP_6 Bostoncase
6BostonBostonPROPNNumber=Sing4 Masonnmod
7::PUNCT_10 simplepunct
8««PUNCT_10 simplepunct
9WickedwickedADJDegree=Pos10 simpleamod
10simplesimpleADJDegree=Pos3 ★parataxis
11::PUNCT_15 shotpunct
12oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 dudenummod
13dudedudeNOUNNumber=Sing15 shotnsubj:pass
14gotgetAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 shotaux:pass
15shotshootVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 simpleparataxis
16ininADP_17 Sarajevocase
17SarajevoSarajevoPROPNNumber=Sing15 shotobl
18,,PUNCT_23 wentpunct
19sosoADV_23 wentadvmod
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 worlddet
21wholewholeADJDegree=Pos22 worldamod
22worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing23 wentnsubj
23wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 shotconj
24totoADP_25 warcase
25warwarNOUNNumber=Sing23 wentobl
26..PUNCT_3 ★punct
27»»PUNCT_3 ★punct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shoot in a quotepast · passiveone dudeSarajevovn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in sarajevo=Destination
2go in a quotepastthe whole worldwarvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_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.

Sentence 2: Best reply?

amodpunctrootBestADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BestgoodADJDegree=Sup2 replyamod
2replyreplyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 replypunct

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

The options

Option 1

No, the war began when Britain invaded Sarajevo

discoursepunctdetnsubjadvmodnsubjadvclobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETwarNOUNbeganVERBwhenADVBritainPROPNinvadedVERBSarajevoPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 begandiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 beganpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 wardet
4warwarNOUNNumber=Sing5 begannsubj
5beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6whenwhenADVPronType=Int8 invadedadvmod
7BritainBritainPROPNNumber=Sing8 invadednsubj
8invadedinvadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 beganadvcl
9SarajevoSarajevoPROPNNumber=Sing8 invadedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beginpastthe warvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2invadepastBritainSarajevotree rules

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

The shot was a spark; rival alliances pulled countries in

detnsubjcopdetpunctamodnmodamodconjcaserootTheDETshotNOUNwasAUXaDETsparkNOUN;PUNCTrivalADJalliancesNOUNpulledVERBcountriesNOUNinADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 shotdet
2shotshotNOUNNumber=Sing5 sparknsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sparkcop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 sparkdet
5sparksparkNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6;;PUNCT_8 alliancespunct
7rivalrivalADJDegree=Pos8 alliancesamod
8alliancesallianceNOUNNumber=Plur5 sparknmod
9pulledpullVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 countriesamod
10countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur8 alliancesconj
11ininADP_8 alliancescase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthe shota sparkrival alliances and pulled countriestree rules
2pullparticiplevn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

No, that shot came four years after the war ended

discoursepunctdetnsubjnummodobl:unmarkedmarkdetnsubjadvclrootNoINTJ,PUNCTthatDETshotNOUNcameVERBfourNUMyearsNOUNafterSCONJtheDETwarNOUNendedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 camediscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 camepunct
3thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 shotdet
4shotshotNOUNNumber=Sing5 camensubj
5camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 yearsnummod
7yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur5 cameobl:unmarked
8afterafterSCONJ_11 endedmark
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 wardet
10warwarNOUNNumber=Sing11 endednsubj
11endedendVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 cameadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthat shotyearvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2endpastthe warvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yeah, one shot and nothing else, that's the whole story

discoursepunctnummodccconjadvmodpunctnsubjcopdetamodconjrootYeahINTJ,PUNCToneNUMshotNOUNandCCONJnothingPRONelseADV,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXtheDETwholeADJstoryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YeahyeahINTJ_4 shotdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 shotpunct
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 shotnummod
4shotshotNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 nothingcc
6nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 shotconj
7elseelseADV_6 nothingadvmod
8,,PUNCT_13 storypunct
9thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem13 storynsubj
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 storycop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 storydet
12wholewholeADJDegree=Pos13 storyamod
13storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing4 shotconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthatthe whole storytree rules

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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