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

Mia's friend in Auckland asks: «sweet as, we made $200, but do they eat the actual cupcakes in Ukraine?» What happens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, we, they · What happens: ask, make, eat, happen · To what, where: actual cupcakes, Ukraine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Mia's friend in Auckland asks: «sweet as, we made $200, but do they eat the actual cupcakes in Ukraine?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Auckland	case
5	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 sweet	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sweet	punct
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 asks	ccomp
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 made	mark
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 as	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 made	nsubj
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sweet	advcl
14	$	$	SYM	_	13 made	obj
15	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 $	nummod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 eat	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 eat	cc
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 eat	aux
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 eat	nsubj
20	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asks	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cupcakes	det
22	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 cupcakes	amod
23	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 eat	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 Ukraine	case
25	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 cupcakes	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 eat	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Mia's friend in Auckland			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make in a quote	past	we			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent $=Product
3	eat in a quote	present · do-support	they	the actual cupcakes	Ukraine	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cupcake=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.

Sentence 2: What happens?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The money stays in Auckland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 money	det
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Auckland	case
5	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the money			Auckland			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in auckland=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Charities turn the money into food, medicine and generators near where they are needed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 money	det
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 medicine	punct
8	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 generators	cc
10	generators	generator	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 food	conj
11	near	near	ADP	_	15 needed	mark
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 needed	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 needed	nsubj:pass
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 needed	aux:pass
15	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 generators	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Charities	the money		food and medicine and generators			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent money=Theme into food=Trajectory
2	need	present · passive		Charities = charity					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The cupcakes are frozen and flown over on a special plane, so every child in Ukraine gets one each

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cupcakes	det
2	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frozen	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	aux:pass
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flown	cc
6	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 frozen	conj
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 flown	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 plane	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plane	det
10	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plane	amod
11	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flown	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gets	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 gets	advmod
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gets	nsubj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Ukraine	case
17	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 child	nmod
18	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	advcl
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 gets	obj
20	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	19 one	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		the cupcakes			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	fly over	participle			a special plane	over property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plane=Location
3	get	present	every child in Ukraine	one each			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 4

Only the icing is sent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 icing	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 icing	det
3	icing	icing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux:pass
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive		the icing					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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