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title: A strategy game shows eastern Congo as nothing but mines, with no pe… — The wars the news shows less: Sudan an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A strategy game shows eastern Congo as nothing but mines, with no people. What is the real picture? Test 6 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
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# Test 6 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

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A strategy game shows eastern Congo as nothing but mines, with no people. What is the real picture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** strategy game, real picture · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** eastern Congo

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A strategy game shows eastern Congo as nothing but mines, with no people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:1
# text = A strategy game shows eastern Congo as nothing but mines, with no people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strategy	strategy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Congo	Congo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a strategy game |  | eastern Congo |  |  | as nothing | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent congo=Recipient |

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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:* What is the real picture?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:2
# text = What is the real picture?
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	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 real picture |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The mines belong to Antarctica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:o1:1
# text = The mines belong to Antarctica
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | the mines |  | Antarctica |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Congo has no metals at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:o2:1
# text = Congo has no metals at all
1	Congo	Congo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Congo | no metals |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Patient |

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

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Millions live there, and fighting over mines has hurt families for decades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:o3:1
# text = Millions live there, and fighting over mines has hurt families for decades
1	Millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
11	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Millions |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over mines | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over mine=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | present · perfect | fighting | families |  |  | decade |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eastern Congo is an empty desert, so the game is right that only the mines matter there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others:t6:o4:1
# text = Eastern Congo is an empty desert, so the game is right that only the mines matter there
1	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Congo	Congo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
18	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Eastern Congo | a empty desert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the game |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **matter** | present | the mines |  |  | there |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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