Test 11 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, sides · What happens: give, view · To what, where: views, drills

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sides	det
6	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 views	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 sides	case
8	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drills	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drills	det
11	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 views	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	which statement	both sides's views of the drills				fairly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme
2	view		both sides	the drills					nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

Both say the drills were a party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drills	det
4	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 party	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 party	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Both						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the drills	a party					tree rules

Option 2

Both say there were no drills, and that the ships in the photos were only fishing boats far out at sea

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 were	expl
4	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 drills	det
6	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 were	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fishing	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fishing	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 fishing	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ships	det
11	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fishing	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 photos	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 photos	det
14	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ships	nmod
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 fishing	aux
16	only	only	ADV	_	17 fishing	advmod
17	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 say	conj
18	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fishing	obj
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 out	advmod
20	out	out	ADV	_	17 fishing	advmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 sea	case
22	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Both				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	no drills		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fish	past · progressive	the ships in the photos	boats	sea	out property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Theme at sea=Location

Option 3

Taiwan held the drills around China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drills	det
4	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 held	obj
5	around	around	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drills	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	Taiwan	the drills		China			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent drill=Theme around china=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

China says they warn against Taiwan breaking away; Taiwan calls them threatening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warn	nsubj
4	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 Taiwan	case
6	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 warn	obl
7	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 warn	advcl
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 breaking	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 calls	punct
10	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 calls	nsubj
11	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 calls	obj
13	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 calls	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	China			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	warn speech: warn	present	they		against Taiwan	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against taiwan=Topic
3	break away	gerund	they not said here		away property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	call	present	Taiwan	them = they		tree rules
5	threaten	gerund	Taiwan not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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