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title: What would a big company that obeys new sanctions on Russia probably… — Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would a big company that obeys new sanctions on Russia probably do? Test 5 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

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What would a big company that obeys new sanctions on Russia probably do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big company · **What happens:** obey, do · **To what, where:** new sanctions, Russia

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This is test 5 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» 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/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives:t5:1
# text = What would a big company that obeys new sanctions on Russia probably do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obeys	obey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | present | a big company | new sanctions |  | Russia |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanction=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | a big company *not said here* |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Open twice as many shops in Russia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives:t5:o1:1
# text = Open twice as many shops in Russia
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | many shops |  | Russia |  | twice *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme in russia=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pay Russia double

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives:t5:o2:1
# text = Pay Russia double
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Russia |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent russia=Recipient double=Asset |

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

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Stop trading there, like McDonald's did in 2022

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives:t5:o3:1
# text = Stop trading there, like McDonald's did in 2022
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	trading	trade	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	McDonald	McDonald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **trade** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past | McDonald |  |  | 2022 |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Become the boss of Russia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives:t5:o4:1
# text = Become the boss of Russia
1	Become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boss of Russia |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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