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title: Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — wa… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?» What is the careful reading? Test 4 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?» What is the careful reading?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, careful reading · **What happens:** say, gurt, innit, be · **To what, where:** big warships · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:1
# text = Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?»
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	gurt	gurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
16	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Sam's mate in Bristol |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **gurt** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | big warships |  |  |  | round Taiwan; 's war | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What is the careful reading?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:2
# text = What is the careful reading?
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	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reading	reading	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 careful reading |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The ships are on a cruise holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:o1:1
# text = The ships are on a cruise holiday
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cruise	cruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ships |  |  | a cruise holiday |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a film, not the news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:o2:1
# text = It is a film, not the news
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a film and the news |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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China held large drills as a warning; a drill is not a war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:o3:1
# text = China held large drills as a warning; a drill is not a war
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drill	drill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | China | large drills |  |  |  | as a warning | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drill=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | a drill | a war |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the drills are the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, the drills are the war
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the drills | the war |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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