Test 7 · ★★ · Immigration and borders

Grace's aunt says turning back boats saved lives; her uncle says it was too harsh. What is fair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, boats, uncle, it · What happens: say, turn back, save, be · To what, where: lives · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» of the politics 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: Grace's aunt says turning back boats saved lives; her uncle says it was too harsh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 aunt	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grace	case
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 says	xcomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 turning	advmod
7	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 saved	nsubj
8	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turning	ccomp
9	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 saved	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 uncle	nmod:poss
12	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 harsh	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 harsh	cop
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 harsh	advmod
17	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grace's aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	turn back	gerund	Grace's aunt not said here			tree rules
3	save	past	boats	lives		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	aunt's uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	it		harsh property	tree rules

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: What is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The same policy can be seen as protection or harshness depending on what you look at

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 policy	det
2	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 policy	amod
3	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seen	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 protection	case
8	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seen	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 harshness	cc
10	harshness	harshness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 protection	conj
11	depending	depend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 protection	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 what	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 depending	obl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 look	nsubj
15	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	15 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	can · passive		the same policy	as protection or harshness	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as protection=Attribute
2	depend	gerund	protection or harshness not said here		on protection or harshness	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on what=Theme
3	look	present	you			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Australia has no policy about boats at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	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 policy	det
4	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 boats	case
6	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 policy	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 boats	nmod

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

Option 3

Only the aunt has a real view, because the uncle is just upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 aunt	det
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 view	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 view	amod
7	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 upset	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 upset	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 uncle	det
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 upset	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 upset	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 upset	advmod
14	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the aunt	a real view					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Patient
2	is	present	the uncle					upset property	tree rules

Option 4

Boats never reach Australia, so the argument is pointless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reach	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 reach	advmod
3	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reach	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pointless	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 pointless	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 argument	det
8	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pointless	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pointless	cop
10	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reach	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	present	Boats	Australia					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent australia=Theme
2	is	present	the argument					pointless property	tree rules

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