Test 9 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Hannah's brother in Leeds says: «World War 3 next week, we're all done for, lol.» What is the calm truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, calm truth · What happens: say, do, be · To what, where: we · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Hannah's brother in Leeds says: «World War 3 next week, we're all done for, lol.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Hannah	case
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Leeds	case
5	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 War	punct
9	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 War	compound
10	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
11	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 War	flat
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 week	amod
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 War	nmod:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 done	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 done	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 done	aux:pass
17	all	all	ADV	_	18 done	advmod
18	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 says	ccomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	18 done	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lol	punct
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	18 done	discourse
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Hannah's brother in Leeds						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	present · passive		we				all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 is the calm truth?

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 truth	det
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 truth	amod
5	truth	truth	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 calm truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Videos with scary titles are always true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 true	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 titles	case
3	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 titles	amod
4	titles	title	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Videos	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 true	advmod
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Videos with scary titles					always, true property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No war has happened; fear videos grab clicks, and diplomats work to keep the peace

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 war	det
2	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 grab	punct
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 videos	compound
7	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grab	nsubj
8	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	conj
9	clicks	click	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grab	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 work	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 work	cc
12	diplomats	diplomat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 work	nsubj
13	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 work	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 peace	det
17	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect	no war		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grab	present	fear videos	clicks	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent click=Theme
3	work	present	diplomats		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	keep	to-infinitive	diplomats not said here	the peace	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme

Option 3

War definitely starts next week, because a video with a lot of views says so and videos are checked

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	War	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	nsubj
2	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	3 starts	advmod
3	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 week	amod
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 says	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 video	det
9	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	nsubj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 lot	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lot	det
12	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 video	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 views	case
14	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lot	nmod
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 starts	conj
16	so	so	ADV	_	15 says	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 checked	cc
18	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 checked	nsubj:pass
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 checked	aux:pass
20	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 starts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	War		week	definitely property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	a video with a lot of views				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	check	present · passive		videos			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

China and Taiwan never talk or trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 talk	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Taiwan	cc
3	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 China	conj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 talk	advmod
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 trade	cc
7	trade	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	present	China and Taiwan						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trade	present	China and Taiwan not said here						vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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