Test 11 · ★★ · Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported

Priya asks: «Why can't they just share?» Which answer is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Priya, they, answer · What happens: ask, not share, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported» 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: Priya asks: «Why can't they just share?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct
5	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 share	advmod
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 share	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 share	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 share	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 share	advmod
10	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Priya						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not share in a quote	can	they						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: Which answer is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which answer					true property	tree rules

The options

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

Two-state peace talks failed many times, but some families who lost children on both sides still meet to talk

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 talks	nummod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 state	punct
3	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peace	compound
4	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talks	compound
5	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 failed	nsubj
6	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 failed	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 meet	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 meet	cc
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 families	det
12	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 meet	nsubj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lost	nsubj
14	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 families	acl:relcl
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lost	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 sides	case
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	18 sides	det
18	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lost	obl
19	still	still	ADV	_	20 meet	advmod
20	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 failed	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 talk	mark
22	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 meet	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	fail	past	Two peace talks			time	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lose	past	some families	children	both sides		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality
3	meet	present	some families			still	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	talk	to-infinitive	some families not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nobody has ever suggested sharing the land, not once, in all the many years since the conflict between them began

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 suggested	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suggested	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 suggested	advmod
4	suggested	suggest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 suggested	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sharing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 once	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 once	advmod
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 suggested	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 years	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 years	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 years	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 years	det
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 years	amod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 suggested	obl:unmarked
17	since	since	SCONJ	_	22 began	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conflict	det
19	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 began	nsubj
20	between	between	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 conflict	nmod
22	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 suggested	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · perfect · passive		Nobody	ever; year	once property	tree rules
2	share	gerund		the land			tree rules
3	begin	past	the conflict between them				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It is illegal to talk about peace

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	3 illegal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illegal	cop
3	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 illegal	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 peace	case
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					illegal property	tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive						about peace	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about peace=Topic

Option 4

Sharing has already worked perfectly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 worked	csubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worked	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 worked	advmod
4	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	4 worked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund							tree rules
2	work	present · perfect	Sharing					perfectly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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