Test 4 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
In the playground a boy sneers: «shut up, they're both as bad as each other, always scrapping.» What fact comes first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, they, fact · What happens: sneer, shut up, be, scrap, come · To what, where: playground · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: In the playground a boy sneers: «shut up, they're both as bad as each other, always scrapping.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 playground | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 playground | det |
| 3 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sneers | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sneers | nsubj |
| 6 | sneers | sneer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 shut | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 shut | punct |
| 9 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sneers | ccomp |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 shut | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bad | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bad | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 bad | cop |
| 14 | both | both | ADV | _ | 16 bad | advmod |
| 15 | as | as | ADV | _ | 16 bad | advmod |
| 16 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shut | conj |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 each | case |
| 18 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 16 bad | obl |
| 19 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 each | fixed |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 scrapping | punct |
| 21 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 22 scrapping | advmod |
| 22 | scrapping | scrap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 shut | advcl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sneers | punct |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 sneers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneer | present | a boy | the playground | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shut up in a quote | infinitive | a boy not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | they | as each; bad, both property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | scrap in a quote | gerund | a boy not said here | always property | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What fact comes first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 comes | obj |
| 2 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 comes | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 comes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | fact | first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
There is no war at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 war | det |
| 4 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 war | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no war at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Russia's army invaded Ukraine in 2022; people argue about how the war should end
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 army | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Russia | case |
| 3 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invaded | nsubj |
| 4 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 invaded | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 2022 | case |
| 7 | 2022 | 2022 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 invaded | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 argue | punct |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 argue | nsubj |
| 10 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 invaded | parataxis |
| 11 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 16 end | mark |
| 12 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 end | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 war | det |
| 14 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 end | nsubj |
| 15 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 end | aux |
| 16 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 argue | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invade | past | Russia's army | Ukraine | 2022 | tree rules | |||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | present | people | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | end | should | the war | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nobody knows who crossed the border
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 crossed | nsubj |
| 4 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 border | det |
| 6 | border | border | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crossed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | cross | past | the border | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Patient |
Option 4
Ukraine invaded Russia first in 2022
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invaded | nsubj |
| 2 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invaded | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 invaded | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 2022 | case |
| 6 | 2022 | 2022 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 invaded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invade | past | Ukraine | Russia | 2022 | first property | tree rules |
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