Test 9 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.» Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Rights, that · What happens: say, grow, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 ups | punct |
| 5 | Rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 ups | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 ups | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 ups | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 ups | case |
| 9 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 ups | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 grown | punct |
| 11 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 ups | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 ups | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | grow in a quote | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Rights | for grown ups | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, only children have rights, not adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 children | advmod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adults | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 adults | advmod |
| 9 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rights | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | children | rights and adults | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, only adults who vote have rights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 adults | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 adults | advmod |
| 4 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 vote | nsubj |
| 6 | vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 adults | acl:relcl |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | present | adults | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | present | adults | rights | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, children get rights when they turn 18
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 turn | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 turn | nsubj |
| 8 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| 9 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | children | rights | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn | present | children = child | 18 | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, children have rights too, under a UN agreement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 have | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 agreement | punct |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 agreement | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 agreement | det |
| 10 | UN | UN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 agreement | compound |
| 11 | agreement | agreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | children | rights | a UN agreement | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
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