Test 4 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»
Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?» What is the careful reading?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, careful reading · What happens: say, gurt, innit, be · To what, where: big warships · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Bristol | case |
| 5 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 gurt | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 gurt | punct |
| 9 | gurt | gurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 says | ccomp |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 warships | amod |
| 11 | warships | warship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gurt | obj |
| 12 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 Taiwan | advmod |
| 13 | round | round | ADP | _ | 14 Taiwan | case |
| 14 | Taiwan | Taiwan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gurt | obl |
| 15 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 war | punct |
| 16 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gurt | obl |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 war | case |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 then | case |
| 19 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 gurt | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 innit | punct |
| 21 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 gurt | conj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 gurt | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 gurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Sam's mate in Bristol | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | gurt in a quote | infinitive | big warships | round Taiwan; 's war | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: What is the careful reading?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reading | det |
| 4 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reading | amod |
| 5 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the careful reading | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The ships are on a cruise holiday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ships | det |
| 2 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 holiday | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 holiday | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 holiday | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 holiday | det |
| 6 | cruise | cruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 holiday | compound |
| 7 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the ships | a cruise holiday | tree rules |
Option 2
It is a film, not the news
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 | 4 film | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 film | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 news | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 news | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 news | det |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a film and the news | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
China held large drills as a warning; a drill is not a war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 held | nsubj |
| 2 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 drills | amod |
| 4 | drills | drill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 held | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 warning | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 held | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 war | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 drill | det |
| 10 | drill | drill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 war | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 war | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 war | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 war | det |
| 14 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | China | large drills | as a warning | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drill=Theme | |||
| 2 | not is a | present | a drill | a war | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the drills are the war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 war | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 drills | det |
| 4 | drills | drill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 war | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 war | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 war | det |
| 7 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the drills | the war | tree rules |
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