Exam question 4 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

State the action reported to have been taken by the International Criminal Court in 2023 in respect of the removal of Ukrainian children to Russia.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, International Criminal Court · What happens: report, take, respect, remove · To what, where: State, 2023, removal, Ukrainian children

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	obl:unmarked
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	nsubj
4	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 taken	mark
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 taken	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 taken	aux:pass
8	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reported	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 Court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Court	det
11	International	International	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Court	amod
12	Criminal	Criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Court	amod
13	Court	Court	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 2023	case
15	2023	2023	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 taken	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 respect	case
17	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 removal	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 removal	det
20	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 respect	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 children	case
22	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 children	amod
23	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 removal	nmod
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 Russia	case
25	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 children	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reported	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	report	past	the action	State			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	take	to-infinitive · perfect · passive	the International Criminal Court		2023	in respect of the removal of Ukrainian children to Russia	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in 2023=Location
3	respect			the removal of Ukrainian children to Russia			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	remove			Ukrainian children to Russia			nom removal «act transitive»: of=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

It declared that no children had been removed from Ukraine at any time

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	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 removed	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 removed	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 removed	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 removed	aux:pass
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declared	xcomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Ukraine	case
10	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 removed	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	remove	past · perfect · passive		no children		Ukraine	time		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from ukraine=Source

Option 2

It awarded a commendation to the Russian government

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	2 awarded	nsubj
2	awarded	award	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 commendation	det
4	commendation	commendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awarded	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 government	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 government	det
7	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 government	amod
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award	past	It	a commendation				to the Russian government goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent commendation=Theme to government=Goal

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It requested the arrest of the Russian president and another official

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	2 requested	nsubj
2	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrest	det
4	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requested	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 president	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 president	det
7	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 president	amod
8	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrest	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 official	cc
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 official	det
11	official	official	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 president	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	past	It	the arrest of the Russian president and another official					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent arrest=Recipient
2	arrest			the Russian president and another official					nom arrest «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It ordered all children to be relocated to Africa

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	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 relocated	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 relocated	aux:pass
7	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 relocated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	It		all children				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
2	relocate not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive			Africa				tree rules

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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