--- title: Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, b… — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine · tree and pragmatics description: Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, by their own account? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t10/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, by their own account? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** some, 2 March, countries · **What happens:** abstain, vote, account · **To what, where:** vote This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» 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/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t10:1 # text = Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, by their own account? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 abstain abstain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 2022 2022 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abstain** | present | some | | | 2 March 2022's vote | | by countries's own account | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **vote** | | 2 March 2022 | | | | | | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **account** | | countries *= country* | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They said they wanted to stay neutral or friendly with both sides ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t10:o1:1 # text = They said they wanted to stay neutral or friendly with both sides 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 neutral neutral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | They | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | neutral *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were not allowed to vote ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t10:o2:1 # text = They were not allowed to vote 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They all forgot to come to the meeting that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t10:o3:1 # text = They all forgot to come to the meeting that day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **come** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | the meeting | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to meeting=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were not UN members ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t10:o4:1 # text = They were not UN members 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 UN UN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | They | UN members | | | | | tree rules | **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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