Test 5 · ★★★ · Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes

Mateo in Los Angeles says: «planes dropping food on Gaza, hella cool, problem solved.» Which reasoning is best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mateo, planes, reasoning · What happens: say, drop, solve, be · To what, where: food, Gaza · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes» 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: Mateo in Los Angeles says: «planes dropping food on Gaza, hella cool, problem solved.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mateo	Mateo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Los	case
3	Los	Los	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mateo	nmod
4	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Los	flat
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 planes	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 planes	punct
8	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 solved	nsubj
9	dropping	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 planes	acl
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropping	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 Gaza	case
12	Gaza	Gaza	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dropping	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hella	punct
14	hella	hella	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planes	conj
15	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hella	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 problem	punct
17	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planes	conj
18	solved	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mateo in Los			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop in a quote	gerund	planes and hella and problem not said here	food	Gaza	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme on gaza=Destination
3	solve in a quote	past	planes and hella and problem			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: 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 reasoning is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 reasoning	det
2	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 best	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 best	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Food from planes is always safer than food from trucks, because planes can't be stopped on the road

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safer	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 planes	case
3	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Food	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safer	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 safer	advmod
6	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safer	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 trucks	case
10	trucks	truck	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safer	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stopped	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 stopped	mark
13	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 stopped	nsubj:pass
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 stopped	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 stopped	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 stopped	aux:pass
17	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 safer	advcl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 road	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 road	det
20	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Food from planes			trucks		than food; always, safe property	tree rules
2	not stop	can · passive		planes		the road			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

Trucks are never used for aid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trucks	truck	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 aid	case
6	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · passive		Trucks				for aid	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for aid=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Airdrops help a little but carry far less than trucks, so opening roads matters most

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Airdrops	airdrop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 help	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 carry	cc
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	conj
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 less	advmod
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 carry	obj
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 trucks	case
10	trucks	truck	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 less	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 matters	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 matters	advmod
13	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 matters	csubj
14	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 opening	obj
15	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	conj
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 matters	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	present	Airdrops	a little	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Beneficiary
2	carry	present	Airdrops not said here	less	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Theme
3	open	gerund		roads	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme
4	matter	present	opening		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Airdrops carry more than any number of trucks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Airdrops	airdrop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 carry	obj
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 more	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 trucks	case
8	trucks	truck	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	Airdrops	more					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme

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