Test 6 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online

Chloe in Montreal asks: «one friend says the chant means freedom, the other says it's scary — who's delulu?» What is the fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe, one friend, chant, other, fair answer · What happens: ask, say, mean, be · To what, where: freedom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Chloe in Montreal asks: «one friend says the chant means freedom, the other says it's scary — who's delulu?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Montreal	case
3	Montreal	Montreal	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Chloe	nmod
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 friend	nummod
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asks	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chant	det
11	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	nsubj
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
13	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 other	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 freedom	acl:relcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 scary	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 scary	cop
20	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 says	ccomp
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	24 delulu	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 delulu	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 delulu	cop
24	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	13 freedom	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Chloe in Montreal			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	one friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean in a quote	present	the chant	freedom		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Topic
4	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the other	freedom not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent freedom=Topic
5	is in a quote	present	chant		scary property	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: What is the fair answer?

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 answer	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	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 fair answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The first friend, because chants mean nothing at all and nobody could be scared by one

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 mean	mark
6	chants	chant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mean	nsubj
7	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 mean	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 nothing	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 scared	cc
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 scared	nsubj:pass
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 scared	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 scared	aux:pass
15	scared	scare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 nothing	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 one	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the first friend	nothing		all			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	scare	could · passive		nobody				by one	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

Both, because rivers can't be in a chant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 chant	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Both	punct
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 rivers	case
4	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Both	nmod
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 chant	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 chant	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 chant	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 chant	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chant	det
10	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	Both			a chant			tree rules

Option 3

The second friend, because chants are only songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 songs	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 songs	mark
6	chants	chant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 songs	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 songs	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 songs	advmod
9	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 friend	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	chants	songs					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Neither; it means different things to different people, so ask what they mean

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	4 means	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 things	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ask	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 ask	advmod
12	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 means	parataxis
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 mean	obj
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mean	nsubj
15	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	different things	to different people; neither property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme to people=Attribute
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present	things = thing			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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