Test 9 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online

In a cartoon the hero says everyone from one country is evil. What is the real-world lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, everyone, world lesson · What happens: say, be · To what, where: cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: In a cartoon the hero says everyone from one country is evil.

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 says	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hero	det
5	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 evil	nsubj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 country	nummod
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 everyone	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 evil	cop
12	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the hero			a cartoon			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner
2	is	present	everyone					evil 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 real-world lesson?

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	7 lesson	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 world	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 real	punct
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lesson	compound
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Whole peoples share one brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 peoples	amod
2	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 share	nsubj
3	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 brain	nummod
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	Whole peoples	one brain					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Never blame a whole people, or a classmate, for what a government does

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 blame	advmod
2	blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 people	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blame	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 classmate	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 classmate	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 classmate	det
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blame	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 blame	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 government	det
14	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	nsubj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blame	imperative	you not said here	a whole people				a classmate obl	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	do	present	a government						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Cartoons are always right about countries, because grown-ups check them before they are shown

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 right	advmod
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 countries	case
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 right	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 check	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 check	mark
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 grown	punct
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 check	nsubj
12	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 check	obj
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 shown	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 shown	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 shown	aux:pass
17	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cartoons		about countries; always, right property	tree rules
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	check	present	grown ups	Cartoons = cartoon		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	show	present · passive		ups = up		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

Only governments have feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 governments	advmod
2	governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	governments	feelings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

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