Exam question 3 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning military aid furnished to Ukraine by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, furnish · To what, where: response, military aid, Ukraine

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 aid	case
10	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 aid	amod
11	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	nmod
12	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 aid	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Ukraine	case
14	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 furnished	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 States	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 States	det
17	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 States	amod
18	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 furnished	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Kingdom	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Kingdom	det
21	United	United	PROPN	_	22 Kingdom	flat
22	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 States	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 Canada	cc
24	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 States	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	furnish	participle		military aid not said here	Ukraine	by the United States and the United Kingdom and Canada	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ukraine=Recipient

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

Those states furnished assistance to neither party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 states	det
2	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 furnished	nsubj
3	furnished	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 furnished	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 furnished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	past	that states	assistance	neither party				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme to party=Recipient

Option 2

Those states furnished identical assistance to both parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 states	det
2	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 furnished	nsubj
3	furnished	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 assistance	amod
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 furnished	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 parties	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 parties	det
8	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 furnished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	past	that states	identical assistance	both parties				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme to party=Recipient

Option 3

Those states dispatched their entire armies to the front line, together with all their reserves and equipment

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 states	det
2	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dispatched	nsubj
3	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 armies	nmod:poss
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 armies	amod
6	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dispatched	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 line	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 line	det
9	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dispatched	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 together	punct
12	together	together	ADV	_	3 dispatched	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 reserves	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 reserves	det:predet
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 reserves	nmod:poss
16	reserves	reserve	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dispatched	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 equipment	cc
18	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reserves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past	that states	states's entire armies				to the front line; with states's reserves and equipment; together property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent army=Patient with reserve=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Weapons, training and funds were provided, whereas those states did not dispatch their own soldiers to fight

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 provided	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 training	punct
3	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weapons	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 funds	cc
5	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weapons	conj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 provided	aux:pass
7	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dispatch	punct
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	14 dispatch	mark
10	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 states	det
11	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dispatch	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dispatch	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 dispatch	advmod
14	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 provided	parataxis
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 soldiers	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 soldiers	amod
17	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dispatch	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 fight	mark
19	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dispatch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	provide	past · passive		Weapons and training and funds	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not dispatch	past · do-support	that states	states's own soldiers	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient
3	fight	to-infinitive	that states not said here		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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