Test 9 · Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and…

Which sentence reports the argument about NATO fairly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sentence · What happens: report · To what, where: argument

This is test 9 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reports	nsubj
3	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 argument	det
5	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reports	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 NATO	case
7	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 argument	nmod
8	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 reports	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	which sentence	the argument				about NATO; fairly property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Patient

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

NATO is a football club that Russia dislikes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 club	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 club	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 club	det
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 club	compound
5	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 dislikes	nsubj
7	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dislikes	nsubj
8	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 club	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	NATO	a football club					tree rules
2	dislike	present	a football club						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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

Russia's government calls NATO's growth a threat; NATO says it is a defence alliance countries choose to join

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 government	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Russia	case
3	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 growth	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 NATO	case
7	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 threat	det
9	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	xcomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
11	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 calls	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 alliance	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 alliance	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 alliance	det
16	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 alliance	compound
17	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	ccomp
18	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 choose	nsubj
19	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 alliance	acl:relcl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 join	mark
21	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 choose	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	Russia's government	NATO's growth	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent growth=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	NATO		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	government	a defence alliance	tree rules
4	choose	present	countries	a defence alliance not said here	tree rules
5	join	to-infinitive	countries not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	grow		NATO		nom growth «process intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

NATO and Russia both agree that NATO is a threat, so there is no argument between them at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 agree	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Russia	cc
3	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 NATO	conj
4	both	both	ADV	_	5 agree	advmod
5	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 threat	mark
7	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 threat	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 threat	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 threat	det
10	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agree	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 is	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 is	advmod
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 is	expl
14	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 agree	advcl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 argument	det
16	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 is	nsubj
17	between	between	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 argument	nmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 argument	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	NATO and Russia			both property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	NATO	a threat			tree rules
3	be	present	no argument between NATO at all		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nobody anywhere has any view about NATO

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 has	nsubj
2	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 has	advmod
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 view	det
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 NATO	case
7	NATO	NATO	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Nobody	any view				about NATO; anywhere property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Patient

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