Test 7 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives
A friend says: «the children taken to Russia all went home ages ago.» How do you correct it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: say, take, go, correct · To what, where: children, Russia, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: A friend says: «the children taken to Russia all went home ages ago.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 taken | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 taken | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 children | det |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Russia | case |
| 10 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | obl |
| 11 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | advcl |
| 13 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 14 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take in a quote | participle · passive | the children | Russia | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to russia=Destination | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | past | ago, all, home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: How do you correct it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 correct | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 4 | correct | correct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 correct | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 correct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | present · do-support | you | it | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Some came back, but Ukraine says many thousands are still in Russia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 says | cc |
| 6 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thousands | amod |
| 9 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 still | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 still | cop |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 says | ccomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Russia | case |
| 13 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | Some | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Ukraine | Russia | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in russia=Manner | ||||
| 3 | is | present | many thousands | still property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No child was ever taken anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | aux:pass |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 taken | advmod |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 taken | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · passive | no child | ever | anywhere property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
Option 3
They all went home in a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | They | week | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
They all moved to Canada
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 moved | advmod |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Canada | case |
| 5 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | They | Canada | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to canada=Result |
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