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

Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?» How do you correct it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, football, you · What happens: say, be, correct · To what, where: big deal, football · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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: Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Florida	case
3	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jake	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 y'all	punct
7	y'all	y'all	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seconds	punct
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 seconds	nummod
10	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 y'all	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 Sudan	case
12	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seconds	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 football	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 football	advmod
15	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Sudan	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 deal	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	22 deal	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 deal	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 deal	cop
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 deal	det
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 deal	amod
22	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 right	punct
24	right	right	INTJ	_	22 deal	discourse
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 deal	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Jake in Florida					y'all property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	football	no big deal					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: How do you correct it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 correct	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 correct	nsubj
4	correct	correct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 correct	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	present · do-support	you	football					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Right, little news time means a small war, because the news always shows the biggest ones longest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	compound
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 war	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 war	amod
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shows	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 shows	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 news	det
13	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shows	nsubj
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 shows	advmod
15	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ones	det
17	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 ones	amod
18	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shows	obj
19	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 ones	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Right little news time	a small war					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Topic
2	show	present	the news	the biggest ones				always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is one of the world's biggest crises; little news time doesn't mean small

The tree, 16 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	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 crises	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 world	det
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crises	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 world	case
8	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 crises	amod
9	crises	crisis	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 mean	punct
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
12	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 time	compound
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mean	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mean	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 mean	advmod
16	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 one	parataxis
17	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mean	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of the world's biggest crises	tree rules
2	not mean	present · do-support	little news time					small property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a football rivalry, not a war

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 rivalry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rivalry	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rivalry	det
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rivalry	compound
5	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 war	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 war	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 war	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rivalry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a football rivalry and a war					tree rules

Option 4

Sudan's war ended in 2023

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 war	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sudan	case
3	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
4	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 2023	case
6	2023	2023	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	Sudan's war			2023			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	war		Sudan						nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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