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title: Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills? — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» 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 11 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, sides · **What happens:** give, view · **To what, where:** views, drills

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» 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/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t11:1
# text = Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | which statement | both sides's views of the drills |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme |
| 2 | **view** |  | both sides | the drills |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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Both say the drills were a party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t11:o1:1
# text = Both say the drills were a party
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the drills | a party |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both say there were no drills, and that the ships in the photos were only fishing boats far out at sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t11:o2:1
# text = Both say there were no drills, and that the ships in the photos were only fishing boats far out at sea
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
18	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
19	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
20	out	out	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | past | no drills |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fish** | past · progressive | the ships in the photos | boats |  | sea |  | out *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Theme at sea=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Taiwan held the drills around China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t11:o3:1
# text = Taiwan held the drills around China
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | Taiwan | the drills |  | China |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent drill=Theme around china=Location |

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

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China says they warn against Taiwan breaking away; Taiwan calls them threatening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t11:o4:1
# text = China says they warn against Taiwan breaking away; Taiwan calls them threatening
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	warn	warn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | China |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | they |  |  |  |  | against Taiwan | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against taiwan=Topic |
| 3 | **break away** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **call** | present | Taiwan | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **threaten** | gerund | Taiwan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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