Test 2 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online

An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist». What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: older boy, headscarf · What happens: say, give, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Israel and Gaza at school and online» 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: An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 headscarf	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Amira	case
7	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 giving	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 giving	aux
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 giving	punct
10	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
11	terrorist	terrorist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 giving	xcomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 giving	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a older boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	present · progressive	Amira's headscarf					terrorist property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

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

It is a hateful lie; most Muslims, like most people, just want to live safely

The tree, 15 words

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	5 lie	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lie	det
4	hateful	hateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lie	amod
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 Muslims	punct
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 Muslims	amod
8	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 lie	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 people	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 people	case
11	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lie	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 want	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 want	advmod
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	17 live	mark
17	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 want	xcomp
18	safely	safely	ADV	_	17 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a hateful lie	like most people	tree rules
2	want	present				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	live not said to happen	to-infinitive			safely property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A headscarf is a sign of danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 headscarf	det
2	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 danger	case
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a headscarf	a sign				of danger	tree rules

Option 3

It is just a harmless joke, because the older boy did not really mean it and everyone laughed

The tree, 18 words

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	6 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 joke	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 joke	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 joke	amod
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mean	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 mean	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
10	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 boy	amod
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mean	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mean	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 mean	advmod
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 mean	advmod
15	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 joke	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mean	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 laughed	cc
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 laughed	nsubj
19	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a harmless joke	tree rules
2	not mean	past · do-support	the older boy	joke	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	laugh	past	everyone		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Amira is to blame for being called it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blame	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blame	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 blame	mark
4	blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 called	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blame	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Amira					blame property	tree rules
2	call	gerund · passive	Amira not said here	it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: it=Recipient

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