Test 5 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online
A kid in Newcastle tells Oisin: «howay man, just pick a side like everyone else.» What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, best reply · What happens: tell, pick, be · To what, where: Oisin, side · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: A kid in Newcastle tells Oisin: «howay man, just pick a side like everyone else.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Newcastle | case |
| 4 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Oisin | Oisin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tells | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 man | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 man | punct |
| 9 | howay | howay | INTJ | Number=Sing | 10 man | discourse |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tells | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pick | punct |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 pick | advmod |
| 13 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 tells | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 side | det |
| 15 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pick | obj |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 everyone | case |
| 17 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 pick | obl |
| 18 | else | else | ADV | _ | 17 everyone | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 pick | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 pick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | a kid in Newcastle | Oisin | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent oisin=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pick in a quote | infinitive | a side | like everyone | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=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 the best reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | 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 best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only one side has children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 side | nummod |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | one side | children | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
Option 2
Picking a side would stop the war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picking | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stop | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 side | det |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Picking | obj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 war | det |
| 7 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | gerund | a side | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | |||||
| 2 | stop | would | Picking | the war | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
I can care about the hostages and Gaza's children at the same time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 care | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 care | aux |
| 3 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 hostages | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hostages | det |
| 6 | hostages | hostage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 care | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 children | cc |
| 8 | Gaza | Gaza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 children | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Gaza | case |
| 10 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hostages | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | can | I | time | about the hostages and Gaza's children | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about hostage=Stimulus |
Option 4
If I don't pick, I'm not allowed to talk about it at school or anywhere else at all
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 pick | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pick | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 allowed | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pick | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 allowed | aux:pass |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 allowed | advmod |
| 10 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 talk | mark |
| 12 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 allowed | xcomp |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 talk | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 school | case |
| 16 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talk | obl |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 anywhere | cc |
| 18 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 talk | advmod |
| 19 | else | else | ADV | _ | 18 anywhere | advmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 all | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pick a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | I | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not allow | present · passive | I | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | school | about it; at all; anywhere property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
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