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description: Identify the parties to the war which commenced in Sudan in April 2023. Exam question 1 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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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# Exam question 1 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

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Identify the parties to the war which commenced in Sudan in April 2023.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, war · **What happens:** identify, commence · **To what, where:** parties, Sudan

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:e1:1
# text = Identify the parties to the war which commenced in Sudan in April 2023.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parties |  |  |  | to the war | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent party=Theme to war=be' |
| 2 | **commence** | past | the war |  |  | Sudan | april |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, acting jointly against Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:e1:o1:1
# text = The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, acting jointly against Egypt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Organization	Organization	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	jointly	jointly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | gerund | the United Nations and the Treaty Organization |  |  |  |  | against Egypt; jointly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The armed forces of Sudan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:e1:o2:1
# text = The armed forces of Sudan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	paramilitary	paramilitary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	Rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** |  | paramilitary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two rival national football associations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:e1:o3:1
# text = Two rival national football associations
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	associations	association	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Republic of Sudan and the Commonwealth of Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:e1:o4:1
# text = The Republic of Sudan and the Commonwealth of Australia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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