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# Exam question 4 · Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported

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State the allegation brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, bring · **To what, where:** allegation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported:e4:1
# text = State the allegation brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	allegation	allegation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Justice	Justice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the allegation |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent allegation=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** | participle |  | the allegation *not said here* |  |  | before the International Court of Justice | by South Africa | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before court=Destination |

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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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That the court ought to relocate to Gaza

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported:e4:o1:1
# text = That the court ought to relocate to Gaza
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	relocate	relocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Gaza	Gaza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | ought | that court |  | Gaza |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That Egypt had annexed the Gaza Strip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported:e4:o2:1
# text = That Egypt had annexed the Gaza Strip
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	annexed	annex	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Gaza	Gaza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Strip	Strip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **annex** | past · perfect · passive |  | that Egypt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Hamas constitutes a member state of the United Nations, entitled to vote in the General Assembly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported:e4:o3:1
# text = That Hamas constitutes a member state of the United Nations, entitled to vote in the General Assembly
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Hamas	Hamas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	10	compound	_	_
10	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	_
18	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | that Hamas | a member state of the United Nations |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme state=Pivot |
| 2 | **entitle** | past | that Hamas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **vote** | to-infinitive | that Hamas *not said here* |  |  | the General Assembly |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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That Israel's conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide, an allegation which Israel rejects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported:e4:o4:1
# text = That Israel's conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide, an allegation which Israel rejects
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gaza	Gaza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	genocide	genocide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	allegation	allegation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	rejects	reject	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | that Israel's conduct in Gaza | genocide |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme genocide=Pivot |
| 2 | **reject** | present | a allegation |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | that Israel |  |  | Gaza |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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