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title: A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled. How… — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled. How can a war that far away do that?» What is the link? Test 3 · ★ 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 ea
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled. How can a war that far away do that?» What is the link?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, tamping, war, link · **What happens:** say, double, do, be · **To what, where:** gas bill, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:1
# text = A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	doubled	double	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 in Cardiff |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **double** *in a quote* | present · passive | Mum's tamping *not said here* | the gas bill |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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:* How can a war that far away do that?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:2
# text = How can a war that far away do that?»
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive | a war | a war |  |  |  | away *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the link?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:3
# text = What is the link?
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	4	det	_	_
4	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 link |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The war switched off the Sun over Europe for a whole winter, so everyone had to burn more gas to keep warm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:o1:1
# text = The war switched off the Sun over Europe for a whole winter, so everyone had to burn more gas to keep warm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	20	advmod	_	_
20	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
23	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | past | the war | the Sun |  | Europe | winter |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | gas |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gas=Theme |
| 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Russia sold much of Europe's gas, supplies were cut, and prices jumped

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:o2:1
# text = Russia sold much of Europe's gas, supplies were cut, and prices jumped
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	supplies	supplies	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | Russia | much of Europe's gas |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | past · passive |  | supplies |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **jump** | past | prices |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bill went up because Wales joined the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:o3:1
# text = The bill went up because Wales joined the war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | the bill |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **join** | past | Wales | the war |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wales gets all its gas from Kharkiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t3:o4:1
# text = Wales gets all its gas from Kharkiv
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Kharkiv	Kharkiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Wales | its gas |  | Kharkiv |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gas=Theme from kharkiv=Source |

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