Test 4 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

"Ukraine started it, my cousin said, end of" — what is the most careful reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ukraine, cousin, end · What happens: start, say, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 started	punct
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 started	nsubj
3	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 started	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cousin	nmod:poss
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 started	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 end	punct
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	19 reply	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 reply	punct
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 reply	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 reply	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reply	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reply	det
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 careful	advmod
18	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 reply	amod
19	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	start in a quote	past	Ukraine	it		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	be speech: assert	present	end		of the careful reply	tree rules

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

Nobody knows anything about any war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 knows	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 war	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody	anything				about any war	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 2

You are right, your cousin always knows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cousin	nmod:poss
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 knows	advmod
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					right property	tree rules
2	know	present	your cousin					always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

It was widely reported that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022; let's check together

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reported	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux:pass
3	widely	widely	ADV	_	4 reported	advmod
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 invaded	mark
6	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 invaded	nsubj
7	invaded	invade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	ccomp
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 invaded	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 2022	case
10	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 invaded	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	parataxis
13	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	together	together	ADV	_	14 check	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	report	past · passive		It		widely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	invade	past	Russia	Ukraine	2022		tree rules
3	let	infinitive		's			tree rules
4	check	infinitive	's not said here			together property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Wars are never reported in the news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reported	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 reported	advmod
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 news	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 news	det
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not report	present · passive		Wars		the news			vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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