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title: why did they bother making the UN after the war — The Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: why did they bother making the UN after the war Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 34 «The Second World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The Second World War

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why did they bother making the UN after the war

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** bother, make · **To what, where:** UN

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 34 «The Second World War» of the history 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/history/34-the-second-world-war/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t9:1
# text = why did they bother making the UN after the war
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | past · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | they *not said here* | the UN |  |  | after the war |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset un=Product |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To organise a world football league with teams from every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t9:o1:1
# text = To organise a world football league with teams from every country
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	organise	organise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **organise** | to-infinitive |  | a world football league |  | every country |  | with teams | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To choose one king to rule the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t9:o2:1
# text = To choose one king to rule the world
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	choose	choose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive |  | one king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  | the world |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To build more and bigger bombs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t9:o3:1
# text = To build more and bigger bombs
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	bombs	bomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To help countries settle quarrels by talking instead of fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t9:o4:1
# text = To help countries settle quarrels by talking instead of fighting
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	settle	settle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quarrels	quarrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | countries |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **settle** | imperative | you *not said here* | quarrels |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location |
| 3 | **talk** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fight** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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