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Test 2 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

Sam's friend from Durban says: «ja, but famine is just old history, hey.» How do you correct him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, famine, you · What happens: say, be, correct · To what, where: old history, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Sam's friend from Durban says: «ja, but famine is just old history, hey.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sam	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Durban	case
5	Durban	Durban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 ja	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 ja	punct
9	ja	ja	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 history	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 history	cc
12	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 history	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 history	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 history	advmod
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 history	amod
16	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ja	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hey	punct
18	hey	hey	INTJ	_	9 ja	discourse
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sam's friend from Durban						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	famine	old history					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 him?

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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		friend				vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

The options

Option 1

Famine means eating too many sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sweets	amod
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Famine						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat not said to happen	gerund	Famine not said here	many sweets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Option 2

Famine only happens in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Famine				winter		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Famine was reported in Darfur in 2024; it happens when wars block food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	aux:pass
3	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Darfur	case
5	Darfur	Darfur	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reported	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 2024	case
7	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 reported	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 happens	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 happens	nsubj
10	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	conj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 block	advmod
12	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 block	nsubj
13	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 happens	advcl
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past · passive		Famine		Darfur		in 2024	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	happen	present	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	block	present	wars	food					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer food=Theme

Option 4

Famine stopped forever in 1900, when farmers learnt to grow enough food for everyone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 stopped	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1900	case
5	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 stopped	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 learnt	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 learnt	advmod
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 learnt	nsubj
9	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stopped	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 grow	mark
11	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learnt	xcomp
12	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grow	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 everyone	case
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	Famine			1900		forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1900=Location
2	learn	past	farmers						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	grow	to-infinitive	farmers not said here	enough food				for everyone	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Material for everyone=Beneficiary

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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