Test 2 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Kai's friends shout «yes, Taiwan's a country!» and «no, it's China!» Which answer is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friends, Taiwan, country, answer · What happens: shout, be · To what, where: country, China · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Kai's friends shout «yes, Taiwan's a country!» and «no, it's China!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friends	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kai	case
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shout	nsubj
4	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 country	punct
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 country	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 yes	punct
8	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 country	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 country	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shout	ccomp
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 country	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 country	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 China	cc
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 China	punct
16	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	20 China	discourse
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 China	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 China	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 China	cop
20	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shout	conj
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 shout	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	Kai's friends		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Taiwan	a country	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	country	China	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: Which answer is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which answer					fair property	tree rules

The options

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

Taiwan runs itself, China says it is part of China, and few countries officially recognise it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 runs	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 runs	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 part	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 part	cop
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 China	case
11	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recognise	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 recognise	cc
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 countries	amod
15	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 recognise	nsubj
16	officially	officially	ADV	_	17 recognise	advmod
17	recognise	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 runs	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 recognise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	present	Taiwan	itself = it		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme itself=Trajectory
2	say speech: assert	present	China			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	part	of China	tree rules
4	recognise	present	few countries	part	officially property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Everyone agrees Taiwan is part of Japan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 part	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 part	cop
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agrees	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Japan	case
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Taiwan	part				of Japan	tree rules

Option 3

Taiwan does not exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 exist	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exist	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	present · do-support	Taiwan						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Everyone in the world agrees on the answer, so whichever friend shouts loudest must be the one who is right

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 agrees	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 world	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 world	det
4	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everyone	nmod
5	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 answer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 answer	det
8	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agrees	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shouts	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 shouts	advmod
11	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	nsubj
13	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 agrees	parataxis
14	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 one	amod
15	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 one	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 one	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 one	det
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	ccomp
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone		on the answer	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on answer=Topic
2	shout speech: express	present	whichever friend			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	must		the loudest one		tree rules
4	is	present	the loudest one		right property	tree rules

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