Test 9 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

A boy in Toronto asks: «peace talks again, eh? so the war's done?» What is the careful answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, war, careful answer · What happens: ask, do, be · To what, where: peace talks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A boy in Toronto asks: «peace talks again, eh? so the war's done?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Toronto	case
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 talks	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 talks	punct
8	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talks	compound
9	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asks	obl
10	again	again	ADV	_	5 asks	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eh	punct
12	eh	eh	INTJ	_	5 asks	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 asks	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 done	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 war	det
16	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 done	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 done	aux
18	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 asks	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 done	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a boy in Toronto	peace talks			again		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	present · passive	the war						vn act-114-1 «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 is the careful answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the careful answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, the war ended in 2022

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 ended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 war	det
4	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	nsubj
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 2022	case
7	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	the war			2022			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The UN ended the war with one vote in New York, so it is completely over and the soldiers have gone home

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 UN	det
2	UN	UN	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ended	nsubj
3	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 war	det
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 vote	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 vote	nummod
8	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 York	case
10	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 York	flat
11	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 vote	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 over	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 over	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 over	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 over	cop
16	completely	completely	ADV	_	17 over	advmod
17	over	over	ADV	_	3 ended	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gone	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 soldiers	det
20	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gone	nsubj
21	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 gone	aux
22	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 ended	conj
23	home	home	ADV	_	22 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end	past	the UN	the war	with one vote in New York	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector war=Eventuality with vote=Subeventuality
2	is	present	UN		completely, over property	tree rules
3	go	present · perfect	the soldiers		home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Talks were reported, but the latest news said the fighting had not stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reported	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	aux:pass
3	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 news	det
7	latest	late	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 news	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fighting	det
11	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stopped	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 stopped	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 stopped	advmod
14	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	report	past · passive		Talks	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	the latest news		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not stop	past · perfect · passive		the fighting	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

No talks have ever happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 talks	det
2	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happened	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 happened	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 happened	advmod
5	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect	no talks				ever		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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