Test 6 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei». Which statement is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, statement · What happens: sigh, be · To what, where: Chinese Taipei

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Zara	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sighs	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Taiwan	case
5	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod
6	sighs	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 Taipei	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Taipei	punct
9	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Taipei	amod
10	Taipei	Taipei	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sighs	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Taipei	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sighs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sigh	present	Zara's friend from Taiwan			Chinese Taipei			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 statement is fair?

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 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 statement					fair property	tree rules

The options

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

Some say the name lets athletes compete; others say Taiwan should use its own name

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	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 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lets	nsubj
5	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
6	athletes	athlete	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 compete	nsubj
7	compete	compete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lets	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
11	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 use	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 use	aux
13	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 say	ccomp
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	present	the name		tree rules
3	compete	infinitive	athletes		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	present	others		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	use	should	Taiwan	name's own name	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
6	name		name		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Everyone in Taiwan loves the name and asked for it, because it sounds better than any other name

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 loves	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Taiwan	case
3	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Everyone	nmod
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loves	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 loves	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sounds	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 sounds	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sounds	nsubj
14	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 loves	parataxis
15	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 sounds	xcomp
16	than	than	ADP	_	19 name	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 name	det
18	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 name	amod
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	love	present	Everyone	the name		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	ask speech: ask	past	Everyone not said here		for name	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sound	present	name		good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Taiwan is not allowed at the Olympics

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Olympics	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Olympics	det
7	Olympics	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Taiwan		the Olympics			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

Taipei is a different country from Taiwan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taipei	Taipei	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 country	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 country	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 country	det
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 country	amod
5	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Taiwan	case
7	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 country	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Taipei	a different country		Taiwan			tree rules

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