Test 8 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour. Who is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: game, school map · What happens: show, be · To what, where: same colour, Taiwan, own colour

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 game	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dylan	case
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 colour	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colour	amod
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 China	case
10	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 colour	nmod
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 shows	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 map	det
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 map	compound
14	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shows	nsubj
15	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shows	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 colour	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 colour	amod
18	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shows	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Dylan's game	the same colour	Taiwan				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent taiwan=Recipient colour=Topic
2	show	present	the school map	map's own colour					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient

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: Who is wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

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

The options

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

Neither tells the whole story: one follows official claims, the other who runs it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 follows	punct
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 follows	nsubj
8	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tells	conj
9	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 claims	amod
10	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 follows	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 other	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 other	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 claims	nmod:unmarked
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 runs	nsubj
15	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 claims	acl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 runs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Neither	the whole story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
2	follow	present	one	official claims the other	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
3	run	present	official claims the other	story	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory

Option 2

The school map, because schools are always wrong and game makers check every border with the UN first

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 map	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 map	compound
3	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 check	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wrong	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 wrong	mark
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wrong	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wrong	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 wrong	advmod
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 map	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 makers	cc
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makers	compound
12	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wrong	conj
13	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 border	det
15	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 check	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 UN	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 UN	det
18	UN	UN	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 border	nmod
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 check	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	schools	the school map not said here				always, wrong property	tree rules
2	check	present	the school map	every border				with the UN; first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Theme

Option 3

Both, because Taiwan is in Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 Africa	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Africa	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 Africa	mark
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Africa	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Africa	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Africa	case
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Both			Africa			tree rules

Option 4

The game, because games are always wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 game	punct
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 games	case
5	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 game	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 wrong	advmod
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the game because games					always, wrong property	tree rules

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