Exam question 2 · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of February 2022, as widely reported.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, report · To what, where: response, events

This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 events	det
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 February	case
13	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 events	nmod
14	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 February	nmod:unmarked
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 reported	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 reported	mark
17	widely	widely	ADV	_	18 reported	advmod
18	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Select	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the events of February 2022		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=Experiencer
4	report	participle			widely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1

No hostilities whatsoever were reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 hostilities	det
2	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reported	nsubj:pass
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 hostilities	acl:relcl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reported	aux:pass
5	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past · passive		no hostilities					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Russian Federation commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Federation	det
2	Russian	Russian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Federation	amod
3	Federation	Federation	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	nsubj
4	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 invasion	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scale	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
8	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invasion	compound
9	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Ukraine	case
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 invasion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	the Russian Federation	a scale invasion of Ukraine					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality
2	invade			Ukraine					nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The United Nations commenced hostilities against both states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Nations	det
2	United	United	PROPN	_	3 Nations	compound
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 commenced	nsubj
4	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 commenced	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 states	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 states	det
8	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 commenced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	the United Nations	hostilities				against both states	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hostility=Eventuality

Option 4

Ukraine commenced a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	nsubj
2	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 invasion	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scale	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct
6	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invasion	compound
7	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Federation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Federation	det
10	Russian	Russian	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Federation	amod
11	Federation	Federation	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 invasion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	Ukraine	a scale invasion of the Russian Federation					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality
2	invade			the Russian Federation					nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient

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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