Test 8 · ★★ · Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported
Hannah's cousin runs to a shelter; Zara sees a boy in a tent in Gaza. What do both stories show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Zara, stories · What happens: run, see, be, show · To what, where: boy, tent
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Hannah's cousin runs to a shelter; Zara sees a boy in a tent in Gaza.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannah | Hannah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Hannah | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 shelter | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shelter | det |
| 7 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 sees | punct |
| 9 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sees | nsubj |
| 10 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 runs | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 boy | det |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sees | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 tent | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 tent | det |
| 15 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sees | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Gaza | case |
| 17 | Gaza | Gaza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 tent | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | Hannah's cousin | to a shelter result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shelter=Result | ||||
| 2 | see | present | Zara | a boy | a tent in Gaza | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
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 do both stories show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 show | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 stories | det |
| 4 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | show | present | both stories | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Children on both sides are frightened and suffering
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 sides | case |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sides | det |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Children | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 frightened | aux:pass |
| 6 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 suffering | cc |
| 8 | suffering | suffering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frightened | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | present · passive | Children on both sides | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 2
Neither child is really affected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 affected | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 affected | aux:pass |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 affected | advmod |
| 5 | affected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect | present · passive | neither child | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
Only Israeli children are afraid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 children | advmod |
| 2 | Israeli | Israeli | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 children | amod |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Israeli children | afraid property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only Palestinian children are afraid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 children | advmod |
| 2 | Palestinian | Palestinian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 children | amod |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Palestinian children | afraid property | tree rules |
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