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Test 7 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Grace's friend in Glasgow says: «we don't want war, and we don't want to be told what to do.» What fits the polls?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, we · What happens: say, not want, tell, do, fit · To what, where: war, polls · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Grace's friend in Glasgow says: «we don't want war, and we don't want to be told what to do.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grace	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Glasgow	case
5	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 want	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 want	advmod
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Sub Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 want	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 want	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 want	cc
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 want	nsubj
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 want	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 want	advmod
19	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 want	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	22 told	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 told	aux:pass
22	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 want	xcomp
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 do	obj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 do	mark
25	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 told	ccomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grace's friend in Glasgow						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not want in a quote	present · do-support	we	war					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot war=Theme
3	not want in a quote	present · do-support	we						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	tell speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	we not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
5	do not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 fits the polls?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 fits	nsubj
2	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 polls	det
4	polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fits	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 fits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present		the polls					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poll=Patient

The options

Option 1

Most want to move to Scotland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 move	mark
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Scotland	case
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Most						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	Most not said here		Scotland				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to scotland=Result

Option 2

Most want to join China tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 join	mark
4	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tomorrow	compound
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 join	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Most						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	Most not said here				tomorrow		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Most people in Taiwan want war with China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 want	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Taiwan	case
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 people	nmod
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 China	case
8	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 war	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Most people in Taiwan	war				with China	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot war=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most people in Taiwan want to keep things as they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 want	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Taiwan	case
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 people	nmod
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 are	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 are	nsubj
11	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Most people in Taiwan						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	Most people in Taiwan not said here	things					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	does	present	people						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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