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title: The teacher asks, "Is the world getting better?" Half the class yell… — Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, sp… · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher asks, "Is the world getting better?" Half the class yells "Yes!", half "Nah, it's cooked!" Who's right? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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The teacher asks, "Is the world getting better?" Half the class yells "Yes!", half "Nah, it's cooked!" Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, world, class, half · **What happens:** ask, be, get, yell, cook · **To what, where:** world, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» 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/79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher asks, "Is the world getting better?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:1
# text = The teacher asks, "Is the world getting better?"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the world |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | gerund | the world *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Half the class yells "Yes!", half "Nah, it's cooked!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:2
# text = Half the class yells "Yes!", half "Nah, it's cooked!"
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	parataxis	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | half class |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cook** *in a quote* | present · passive | half *not said here* | class |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only the "no" side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:o1:1
# text = Only the "no" side
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	no	no	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody, because the world never changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:o2:1
# text = Nobody, because the world never changes
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both sides have real evidence: health and poverty improved, climate and nature worsened

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:o3:1
# text = Both sides have real evidence: health and poverty improved, climate and nature worsened
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	worsened	worsen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | both sides | real evidence |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient |
| 2 | **improve** | participle |  | poverty *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **worsen** | past | health and poverty and climate and nature | real evidence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the "yes" side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t10:o4:1
# text = Only the "yes" side
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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