Exam question 1 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

Identify the parties to the war which commenced in Sudan in April 2023.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, war · What happens: identify, commence · To what, where: parties, Sudan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parties	det
3	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 war	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 commenced	nsubj
8	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 war	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Sudan	case
10	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 commenced	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 April	case
12	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 commenced	obl
13	2023	2023	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 April	nmod:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the parties				to the war	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent party=Theme to war=be'
2	commence	past	the war			Sudan	april		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, acting jointly against Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Nations	det
2	United	United	PROPN	_	3 Nations	compound
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 acting	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Organization	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Organization	det
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Atlantic	compound
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Treaty	compound
8	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Organization	compound
9	Organization	Organization	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Nations	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 acting	punct
11	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	11 acting	advmod
13	against	against	ADP	_	14 Egypt	case
14	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 acting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	gerund	the United Nations and the Treaty Organization					against Egypt; jointly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The armed forces of Sudan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 forces	det
2	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forces	amod
3	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Sudan	case
5	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forces	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Forces	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Forces	det
8	paramilitary	paramilitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Forces	nsubj
9	Rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Forces	amod
10	Support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Forces	compound
11	Forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Sudan	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force		paramilitary						tree rules

Option 3

Two rival national football associations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 associations	nummod
2	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 associations	amod
3	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 associations	amod
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 associations	compound
5	associations	association	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Republic of Sudan and the Commonwealth of Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Republic	det
2	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Sudan	case
4	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Republic	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Commonwealth	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Commonwealth	det
7	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Sudan	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Australia	case
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Commonwealth	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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