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Test 5 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Noah in Denver says: «why won't the president just say? zero rizz, fr.» Why might he stay vague on purpose?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, president · What happens: say, not say, stay · To what, where: zero rizz, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Noah in Denver says: «why won't the president just say? zero rizz, fr.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Denver	case
3	Denver	Denver	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Noah	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 say	advmod
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 say	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 president	det
11	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 say	advmod
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
15	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 rizz	nummod
16	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fr	punct
18	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rizz	appos
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Noah in Denver						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not say speech: assert in a quote	future	the president	zero rizz					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rizz=Topic

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: Why might he stay vague on purpose?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stay	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	vague	vague	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stay	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	might	president			purpose		vague property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location

The options

Option 1

He forgot what the question was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 forgot	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 what	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	He						tree rules
2	is a	past	the question						tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The US has no view about Taiwan at all and has never once made any law about it or sold it anything

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 US	det
2	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 view	det
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 Taiwan	case
7	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 view	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 made	cc
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 made	advmod
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 made	advmod
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 has	conj
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 law	det
16	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 law	nmod
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 sold	cc
20	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 made	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sold	obj
22	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the US	no view		all		about Taiwan	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Patient
2	not make	present · perfect	the US not said here	any law				about law; once property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product
3	sell	past	the US not said here	view					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient anything=Theme

Option 3

It is illegal to talk about Taiwan

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	3 illegal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illegal	cop
3	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 illegal	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 Taiwan	case
7	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					illegal property	tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive						about Taiwan	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about taiwan=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keeping both sides guessing is meant to stop anyone risking a war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 meant	csubj:pass
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sides	det
3	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
4	guessing	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sides	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 meant	aux:pass
6	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	xcomp
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 stop	obj
10	risking	risk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stop	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 war	det
12	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 risking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		both sides					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme
2	guess	gerund	both sides not said here						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present · passive	Keeping						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	Keeping not said here	anyone					tree rules
5	risk	gerund	Keeping not said here	a war					vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Pivot

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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