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title: Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football… — The wars the news shows less: Sudan an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?» How do you correct it? Test 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 
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# Test 1 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

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Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?» How do you correct it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, football, you · **What happens:** say, be, correct · **To what, where:** big deal, football · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:1
# text = Jake in Florida says: «y'all, ten seconds on Sudan and then football, so it's no big deal, right?»
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	y'all	y'all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Jake in Florida |  |  |  |  | y'all *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | football | no big deal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 do you correct it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:2
# text = How do you correct it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	correct	correct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | present · do-support | you | football |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Right, little news time means a small war, because the news always shows the biggest ones longest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:o1:1
# text = Right, little news time means a small war, because the news always shows the biggest ones longest
1	Right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Right little news time | a small war |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Topic |
| 2 | **show** | present | the news | the biggest ones |  |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is one of the world's biggest crises; little news time doesn't mean small

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:o2:1
# text = It is one of the world's biggest crises; little news time doesn't mean small
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	crises	crisis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | one |  |  |  | of the world's biggest crises | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | little news time |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a football rivalry, not a war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:o3:1
# text = It is a football rivalry, not a war
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a football rivalry and a war |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sudan's war ended in 2023

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t1:o4:1
# text = Sudan's war ended in 2023
1	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | Sudan's war |  |  | 2023 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **war** |  | Sudan |  |  |  |  |  | nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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