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Test 1 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Mia in Auckland says: «sweet as, the radio says tensions — so they're at war, eh?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, radio, tensions · What happens: say, be · To what, where: tensions, war · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» 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: Mia in Auckland says: «sweet as, the radio says tensions — so they're at war, eh?»

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctccompmarkpunctdetnsubjadvclobjpunctadvmodnsubjcopcaseccomppunctdiscoursepunctpunctrootMiaPROPNinADPAucklandPROPNsaysVERB:PUNCT«PUNCTsweetADJasSCONJ,PUNCTtheDETradioNOUNsaysVERBtensionsNOUN—PUNCTsoADVtheyPRON'reAUXatADPwarNOUN,PUNCTehINTJ?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
2ininADP_3 Aucklandcase
3AucklandAucklandPROPNNumber=Sing1 Mianmod
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5::PUNCT_7 sweetpunct
6««PUNCT_7 sweetpunct
7sweetsweetADJDegree=Pos4 saysccomp
8asasSCONJ_12 saysmark
9,,PUNCT_12 sayspunct
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 radiodet
11radioradioNOUNNumber=Sing12 saysnsubj
12sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 sweetadvcl
13tensionstensionNOUNNumber=Plur12 saysobj
14—-PUNCT_19 warpunct
15sosoADV_19 waradvmod
16theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs19 warnsubj
17'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 warcop
18atatADP_19 warcase
19warwarNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysccomp
20,,PUNCT_21 ehpunct
21ehehINTJ_19 wardiscourse
22??PUNCT_19 warpunct
23»»PUNCT_19 warpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpresentMia in Aucklandvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assert in a quotepresentthe radiotensionsvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tension=Topic
3is in a quotepresenttensions = tensionwartree 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 right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tensions means a tight, worried situation; there is no war

nsubjdetamodpunctamodobjpunctexplparataxisdetnsubjrootTensionsNOUNmeansVERBaDETtightADJ,PUNCTworriedADJsituationNOUN;PUNCTtherePRONisVERBnoDETwarNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TensionstensionNOUNNumber=Plur2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 situationdet
4tighttightADJDegree=Pos7 situationamod
5,,PUNCT_4 tightpunct
6worriedworriedADJDegree=Pos7 situationamod
7situationsituationNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansobj
8;;PUNCT_10 ispunct
9theretherePRONPronType=Dem10 isexpl
10isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 meansparataxis
11nonoDETPronType=Neg12 wardet
12warwarNOUNNumber=Sing10 isnsubj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentTensionsa tight worried situationvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent situation=Topic
2bepresentno wartherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, tensions is another word for war

discoursepunctnsubjcopdetcasenmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtensionsNOUNisAUXanotherDETwordNOUNforADPwarNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 worddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3tensionstensionNOUNNumber=Plur6 wordnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 wordcop
5anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind6 worddet
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7forforADP_8 warcase
8warwarNOUNNumber=Sing6 wordnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenttensionsanother wordfor wartree rules

Option 3

Tensions means a big party

nsubjdetamodobjrootTensionsNOUNmeansVERBaDETbigADJpartyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TensionstensionNOUNNumber=Plur2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 partydet
4bigbigADJDegree=Pos5 partyamod
5partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentTensionsa big partyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic

Option 4

Tensions only happen in sport

nsubjadvmodcaseoblrootTensionsNOUNonlyADVhappenVERBinADPsportNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TensionstensionNOUNNumber=Plur3 happennsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 happenadvmod
3happenhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_5 sportcase
5sportsportNOUNNumber=Sing3 happenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentTensionssportvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sport=Location

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