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title: A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's givin… — Why wars happen and why they are hard… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's giving "Mum says no".» What is the fair summary? Test 3 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 3 · Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and…

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A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's giving "Mum says no".» What is the fair summary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, veto, one country, country, Mum, fair summary · **What happens:** say, be, give · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's giving "Mum says no".»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:1
# text = A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's giving "Mum says no".»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
15	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	14	discourse	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
23	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the veto |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | one country |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | country |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 is the fair summary?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:2
# text = What is the fair summary?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	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	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	summary	summary	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 fair summary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Every country at the UN has a veto, big or small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:o1:1
# text = Every country at the UN has a veto, big or small
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every country at the UN | a veto |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veto=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The veto was abolished last year by a vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:o2:1
# text = The veto was abolished last year by a vote
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | past · passive | a vote | the veto |  |  | year |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone agrees the veto is fair, so there is nothing to argue about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:o3:1
# text = Everyone agrees the veto is fair, so there is nothing to argue about
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the veto |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Some say the veto is unfair; others say it keeps big powers in the UN

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:t3:o4:1
# text = Some say the veto is unfair; others say it keeps big powers in the UN
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the veto |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **keep** | present | veto | big powers |  | the UN |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent power=Theme in un=Location |

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