Test 7 · ★★★ · Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes

One expert says sanctions on Russia are «working» and another says they «failed». What is the clever question to ask?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: One expert, sanctions, another · What happens: say, work, fail, be, ask · To what, where: clever question · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: One expert says sanctions on Russia are «working» and another says they «failed».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 expert	nummod
2	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 working	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Russia	case
6	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sanctions	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 working	aux
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 working	punct
9	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 working	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
12	another	another	PRON	PronType=Ind	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 failed	nsubj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 failed	punct
16	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 says	ccomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 failed	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	One expert	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	work in a quote	present · progressive	sanctions on Russia	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	another	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	fail in a quote	past	sanctions = sanction	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «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: What is the clever question to ask?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 question	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 question	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 question	det
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 question	amod
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 ask	mark
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 question	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the clever question					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

«Working at what — weakening the economy, or ending the war?»

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Working	punct
2	Working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 what	case
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 Working	obl
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 weakening	punct
6	weakening	weaken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 what	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 economy	det
8	economy	economy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weakening	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ending	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 ending	cc
11	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 weakening	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 war	det
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ending	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Working	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	work in a quote	gerund		vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at what=Theme
2	weaken in a quote	gerund	the economy	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent economy=Patient
3	end in a quote	gerund	the war	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality

Option 2

«Who has the louder voice?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 voice	det
5	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present		the louder voice					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient

Option 3

«Which expert is older?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 older	punct
2	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 expert	det
3	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 older	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 older	cop
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 older	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 older	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	which expert					old property	tree rules

Option 4

«Were they both wearing suits?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 wearing	punct
2	Were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wearing	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wearing	nsubj
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 wearing	nsubj
5	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	suits	suit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wearing	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wearing	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 wearing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear in a quote	past · progressive	they	suits					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent suit=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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