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Test 9 · ★★★ · Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes

Dylan's dad says «about time» and his mum says «people will die» about the aid cuts. Which statement fairly gives both views?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, mum, people, aid, statement · What happens: say, die, cut, give · To what, where: views · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Dylan's dad says «about time» and his mum says «people will die» about the aid cuts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dylan	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 time	case
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 die	punct
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 die	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 die	aux
16	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 says	ccomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 die	punct
18	about	about	SCONJ	_	21 cuts	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 aid	det
20	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cuts	nsubj
21	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 die	advcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Dylan's dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	dad's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die in a quote	future	people						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	cut	present	the aid						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 statement fairly gives both views?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 views	det
6	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	which statement	both views				fairly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme

The options

Option 1

Both want all aid ended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 aid	det
4	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	nsubj
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 want	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Both						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	end	past	all aid						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Neither of them cares about money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	4 cares	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Neither	nmod
4	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 money	case
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	Neither					about money	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about money=Stimulus

Option 3

Both agree all aid is wasted, and only disagree about whether to spend it on roads or on schools

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 agree	nsubj
2	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 aid	det
4	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wasted	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wasted	aux:pass
6	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 agree	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 disagree	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 disagree	cc
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 disagree	advmod
10	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agree	parataxis
11	about	about	SCONJ	_	14 spend	mark
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	14 spend	mark
13	to	to	PART	_	14 spend	mark
14	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 disagree	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spend	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 roads	case
17	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 spend	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 schools	cc
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 schools	case
20	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 roads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Both						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	waste	present · passive		all aid					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	disagree	present							tree rules
4	spend	to-infinitive		aid				on roads or schools goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on road=Goal

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

Some say spend on your own people first; others say aid saves lives for little money

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 people	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 people	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spend	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 spend	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
12	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saves	nsubj
13	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	ccomp
14	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 saves	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 money	case
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 money	amod
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spend	infinitive						on your own people goal; first property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on people=Goal
3	say speech: assert	present	others						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	save	present	aid	lives				for little money	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent life=Theme for money=Source

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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