Exam question 3 · Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported

Identify the significance attributed to the year 1948 by each of the two peoples.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, attribute · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 significance	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attributed	obl
8	1948	1948	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 year	flat
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 each	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 attributed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 peoples	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 peoples	det
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 peoples	nummod
14	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 each	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the significance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent significance=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the significance not said here			year	by each	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Israelis commemorate independence, whereas Palestinians mourn the Nakba

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Israelis	israeli	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commemorate	nsubj
2	commemorate	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commemorate	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mourn	punct
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 mourn	mark
6	Palestinians	Palestinian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 mourn	nsubj
7	mourn	mourn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 commemorate	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Nakba	det
9	Nakba	Nakba	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mourn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	Israelis	independence					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Theme
2	mourn	present	Palestinians	the Nakba					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nakba=Stimulus

Option 2

Both peoples regard it as the end of all conflict between them and their neighbours

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 peoples	det
2	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regard	nsubj
3	regard	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regard	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regard	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 conflict	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 conflict	det
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 conflict	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 neighbours	cc
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 neighbours	nmod:poss
15	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 them	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	both peoples	it			as the end of all conflict between them		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as end=Value

Option 3

Neither people attaches any significance to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attaches	nsubj
3	attaches	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 significance	det
5	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attaches	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attach	present	neither people	any significance	significance				vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent significance=Patient to it=Co-Patient

Option 4

Both peoples commemorate it as the founding of Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 peoples	det
2	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 commemorate	nsubj
3	commemorate	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 commemorate	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 founding	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 founding	det
7	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commemorate	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Egypt	case
9	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 founding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	both peoples	it				as the founding of Egypt	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme as founding=Attribute
2	found			Egypt					nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

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