--- title: A general is accused of war crimes. Which court in The Hague can try… — Today's world: the UN, the EU and the… · tree and pragmatics description: A general is accused of war crimes. Which court in The Hague can try him? Test 8 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Today's world: the UN, the EU and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/) / t8 # Test 8 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth A general is accused of war crimes. Which court in The Hague can try him? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** court · **What happens:** accuse, try · **To what, where:** general This is test 8 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A general is accused of war crimes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:1 # text = A general is accused of war crimes. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | present · passive | | a general | | | | of war crimes | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of crime=Attribute | 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 court in The Hague can try him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:2 # text = Which court in The Hague can try him? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hague Hague PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | can | which court in the Hague | general | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The UN Security Council ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:o1:1 # text = The UN Security Council 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 UN UN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 Security Security PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The International Criminal Court ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:o2:1 # text = The International Criminal Court 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 International International ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Criminal Criminal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The European Parliament ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:o3:1 # text = The European Parliament 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The International Court of Justice ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t8:o4:1 # text = The International Court of Justice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 International International ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Justice Justice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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