Test 2 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.» Which is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad, Kalush lot, they · What happens: say, be, win, cause · To what, where: cause, war · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grandad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Hannah	case
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 Country	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Country	det
6	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Country	compound
7	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grandad	nmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 bostin	punct
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 lot	det
12	Kalush	Kalush	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lot	compound
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bostin	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 bostin	cop
15	bostin	bostin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	ccomp
16	',	',	PUNCT	_	15 bostin	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 won	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 won	nsubj
19	only	only	ADV	_	20 won	advmod
20	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 bostin	conj
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	22 cause	punct
22	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 won	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 war	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 war	det
25	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cause	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ar	punct
27	ar	AR	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cause	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 bostin	punct
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 bostin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Hannah's grandad from the Black Country			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	that Kalush lot		bostin property	tree rules
3	win in a quote	past	they	cause of the war and ar		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Eventuality
4	cause in a quote			the war		nom cause «event transitive»: of=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.

Sentence 2: Which is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People may have voted for more than one reason: support for Ukraine and the song itself

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 voted	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 voted	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 voted	aux
4	voted	vote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 reason	case
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 one	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 reason	nummod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 voted	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 support	punct
11	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 Ukraine	case
13	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 support	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 song	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 song	det
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 support	conj
17	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	16 song	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	may · perfect	People					for one reason support for Ukraine and the song song goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for reason=Goal

Option 2

Eurovision has no public vote, so only judges choose the winner, and they always pick the saddest song

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eurovision	Eurovision	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	5 vote	det
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 vote	amod
5	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 choose	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 choose	advmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 judges	advmod
9	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 choose	nsubj
10	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 winner	det
12	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 choose	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 pick	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 pick	cc
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pick	nsubj
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 pick	advmod
17	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 song	det
19	saddest	sad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 song	amod
20	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Eurovision	no public vote		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient
2	choose	present	judges	the winner		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme
3	pick	present	judges = judge	the saddest song	always property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient

Option 3

Russia won that year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 year	det
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	Russia				year		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The song got no votes at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 votes	det
5	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the song	no votes		all			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent vote=Theme at all=Asset

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