Test 7 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: families · What happens: do, use · To what, where: alarm apps

This is test 7 · ★ 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	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 use	advcl
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Ukraine	case
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 families	nmod
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 raid	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 air	punct
9	raid	raid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 alarm	compound
10	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 apps	compound
11	apps	app	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	families in Ukraine not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	present	families in Ukraine	alarm apps					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent app=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 · ← Mova's choice

They count the sunflowers growing in the fields

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 count	nsubj
2	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sunflowers	det
4	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 count	obj
5	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sunflowers	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fields	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fields	det
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	They	the sunflowers					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunflower=Theme
2	grow	gerund	the sunflowers not said here			the fields			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location

Option 2

They play soft music at bedtime so that children fall asleep faster

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 play	nsubj
2	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 music	amod
4	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 play	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 bedtime	case
6	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 play	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 fall	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fall	nsubj
10	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 play	advcl
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fall	xcomp
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	They	soft music		bedtime			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme
2	fall	present	children					asleep, fast property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They warn of missiles or drones so people can take shelter

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 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 missiles	case
4	missiles	missile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 drones	cc
6	drones	drone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 missiles	conj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 take	mark
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 warn	ccomp
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	They					of missiles or drones	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	can	people	shelter					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme

Option 4

They remind people to go shopping before the shops close

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 remind	nsubj
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remind	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 remind	xcomp
6	shopping	shop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 go	xcomp
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 shops	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shops	det
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shopping	obl
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shopping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	remind speech: other	present	They	people		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go	to-infinitive	They not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	shop	gerund	They not said here		the shops	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before shop=Location

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