Test 7 · ★★ · Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported

In a cartoon a wizard ends the conflict by drawing one line across the map. What is the real situation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wizard, real situation · What happens: end, draw, be · To what, where: conflict, cartoon, one line, map

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon a wizard ends the conflict by drawing one line across the map.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wizard	det
5	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	nsubj
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conflict	det
8	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 drawing	mark
10	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 ends	advcl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 line	nummod
12	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drawing	obj
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 map	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 map	det
15	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drawing	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	a wizard	the conflict		a cartoon			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector conflict=Eventuality
2	draw	gerund	a wizard not said here	one line		the map			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=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: What is the real situation?

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 situation	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 situation	amod
5	situation	situation	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 real situation						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A line on a map always ends a war, as long as both leaders sign it with the same pen

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 map	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 map	det
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 line	nmod
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 ends	advmod
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 war	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sign	punct
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 long	advmod
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 sign	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 sign	mark
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 leaders	det
15	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sign	nsubj
16	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ends	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sign	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 pen	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 pen	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 pen	amod
21	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sign	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	a line on a map	a war				always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality
2	sign	present	both leaders	war				with the same pen; long property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with pen=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many peace talks have failed, because land, safety and fairness are hard to agree

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talks	amod
2	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talks	compound
3	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 failed	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 failed	aux
5	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hard	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 hard	mark
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hard	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safety	punct
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fairness	cc
12	fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hard	cop
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 failed	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 agree	mark
16	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 hard	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	fail	present · perfect	Many peace talks		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	land and safety and fairness	hard property	tree rules
3	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	land and safety and fairness not said here		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nobody has ever tried peace talks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 tried	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 tried	advmod
4	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talks	compound
6	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · perfect	Nobody	peace talks			ever		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality

Option 4

The conflict ended because of a wizard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conflict	det
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	nsubj
3	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 wizard	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 because	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wizard	det
7	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	the conflict					because a wizard	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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