Test 2 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

Someone in Bristol grumbles: «why should we give them our spare room, they're not our problem.» What is the fair summary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Someone, we, they, fair summary · What happens: grumble, give, not be, be · To what, where: spare room, them, problem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» 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: Someone in Bristol grumbles: «why should we give them our spare room, they're not our problem.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 grumbles	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Bristol	case
3	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Someone	nmod
4	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 grumbles	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 give	advmod
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 give	aux
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 give	nsubj
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grumbles	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	iobj
12	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 room	nmod:poss
13	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 room	amod
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 problem	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 problem	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 problem	cop
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 problem	advmod
19	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 problem	nmod:poss
20	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	Someone			vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	should	we	our spare room	them = they	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient room=Theme
3	not is a in a quote	present	they	our problem		tree rules

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 fair summary?

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 summary	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 summary	amod
5	summary	summary	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 fair summary						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody has hosted anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 hosted	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hosted	aux
3	hosted	host	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 hosted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	host	present · perfect	Nobody		anyone				vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary

Option 2

Hosting is forced on every family by law, and anyone with a spare room must take a family or pay a fine

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hosting	hosting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 family	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forced	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forced	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 take	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 take	cc
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 take	nsubj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 room	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 room	det
14	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 room	amod
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 anyone	nmod
16	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 take	aux
17	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 family	det
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 take	obj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 pay	cc
21	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 take	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 fine	det
23	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	force	present · passive	law	Hosting	every family	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	take	must	anyone	a family		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme
3	pay	infinitive	anyone not said here	a fine		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Some say hosting helps; others say the government should provide homes; both want people housed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hosting	hosting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 government	det
9	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 provide	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 provide	aux
11	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 say	ccomp
12	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 provide	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 want	punct
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 want	nsubj
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 want	obj
17	housed	house	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 want	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help	present	hosting		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	others		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	provide	should	the government	homes	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition home=Theme
5	want	present	both	people	tree rules
6	house not said to happen	participle	people not said here		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 4

Ukrainians are not allowed to live in the UK

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 UK	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 UK	det
9	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Ukrainians					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ukrainians not said here			the UK			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in uk=Location

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