Test 10 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, by their own account?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: some, 2 March, countries · What happens: abstain, vote, account · To what, where: vote

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 some	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 some	aux
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 abstain	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 countries	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 countries	det
6	35	35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 countries	nummod
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 some	nmod
8	abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	14 vote	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 vote	det
11	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 March	nummod
12	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 vote	nmod:poss
13	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 March	nmod:unmarked
14	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 abstain	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 account	punct
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 account	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 account	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 account	amod
19	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 abstain	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 abstain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	some	2 March 2022's vote	by countries's own account	vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	vote		2 March 2022			nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent
3	account		countries = country			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

They said they wanted to stay neutral or friendly with both sides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stay	mark
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	neutral	neutral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stay	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 friendly	cc
9	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 neutral	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sides	case
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sides	det
12	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 friendly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	past	they		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	neutral property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were not allowed to vote

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 vote	mark
6	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		They					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	vote not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here						vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They all forgot to come to the meeting that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgot	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 forgot	advmod
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 meeting	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meeting	det
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	They						tree rules
2	not come	to-infinitive	They not said here			the meeting	day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to meeting=Initial_Location

Option 4

They were not UN members

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 members	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 members	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 members	advmod
4	UN	UN	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 members	compound
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	They	UN members					tree rules

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