Test 6 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

What would happen to the red shaded area on the map if one army pushed the other back?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one army · What happens: happen, shade, push · To what, where: other back

This is test 6 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 area	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 area	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 area	amod
7	shaded	shade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 area	amod
8	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 map	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 map	det
11	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 area	nmod
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 pushed	mark
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 army	nummod
14	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pushed	nsubj
15	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 back	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 back	amod
18	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pushed	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			to the red shaded area on the map	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shade	participle				vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	push a condition, not said to happen	past	one army	the other back		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Its shape would change, because it shows land each side controls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 shape	nmod:poss
2	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shows	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 shows	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shows	nsubj
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 change	parataxis
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shows	obj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 side	det
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 controls	nsubj
12	controls	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	would	Its shape		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	present	it	land	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent land=Recipient clause=Topic
3	control	present	each side		vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It would show only sunflower fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 show	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 fields	advmod
5	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fields	compound
6	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	would	It	sunflower fields					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent field=Recipient

Option 3

Nothing, because it shows rainfall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shows	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 shows	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shows	nsubj
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl
6	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	it	rainfall					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rainfall=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It would turn blue for the summer and red again in winter, whatever the armies did on the ground

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turn	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 summer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 summer	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 red	cc
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 summer	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	3 turn	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 winter	case
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whatever	punct
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 did	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 armies	det
16	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 did	nsubj
17	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 winter	acl:relcl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 ground	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ground	det
20	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	It				again; summer; winter	blue property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	the armies	whatever		the ground			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality

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