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title: Max: "The ozone hole thing, did they fix it or nah?" What's the hone… — Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, sp… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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Max: "The ozone hole thing, did they fix it or nah?" What's the honest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Max, honest answer · **What happens:** fix, be · **To what, where:** thing

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Max: "The ozone hole thing, did they fix it or nah?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:1
# text = Max: "The ozone hole thing, did they fix it or nah?"
1	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	ozone	ozone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Max | thing |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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:* What's the honest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:2
# text = What's the honest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Countries banned the harmful chemicals in 1987 and it is slowly healing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:o1:1
# text = Countries banned the harmful chemicals in 1987 and it is slowly healing
1	Countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	banned	ban	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1987	1987	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	healing	heal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past | Countries | the harmful chemicals |  | 1987 |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer chemical=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was fixed in one day in 1950

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:o2:1
# text = It was fixed in one day in 1950
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1950 | day |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, it just got bigger and bigger every year until it swallowed the Moon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, it just got bigger and bigger every year until it swallowed the Moon
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | it |  |  |  | year | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | it | the Moon |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing was ever done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing was ever done
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · passive |  | Nothing |  |  | ever |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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