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Test 5 · ★ · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

A girl says «they're banning books!» and a boy says «they're just checking them!» Which statement is fair?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, they, boy, books, statement · What happens: say, ban, check, be · To what, where: books, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A girl says «they're banning books!» and a boy says «they're just checking them!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 banning	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 banning	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 banning	aux
7	banning	ban	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 banning	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 banning	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 banning	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 says	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 checking	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 checking	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 checking	aux
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 checking	advmod
19	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 says	ccomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 checking	obj
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	19 checking	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 checking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a girl						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ban in a quote	present · progressive	they	books					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer book=Theme
3	say speech: express	present	a boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	check in a quote	present · progressive	books = book	them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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: Which statement is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which statement					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nobody disagrees about library books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 disagrees	nsubj
2	disagrees	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 books	case
4	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 books	compound
5	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	Nobody					about library books	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about book=Topic

Option 2

Every book in Florida was banned forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banned	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Florida	case
4	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 book	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 banned	aux:pass
6	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · passive		every book in Florida				forever property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some books were taken off to be reviewed, and people disagree about whether that is fair

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 books	det
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 taken	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	8 reviewed	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 reviewed	aux:pass
8	reviewed	review	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 taken	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 disagree	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 disagree	cc
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 disagree	nsubj
12	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	conj
13	about	about	SCONJ	_	17 fair	mark
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	17 fair	mark
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 fair	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fair	cop
17	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 disagree	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	past · passive		some books					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	review	to-infinitive · passive							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»
3	disagree	present	people						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

Option 4

Libraries never remove any book for any reason, so the girl and the boy are both making it up

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remove	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 remove	advmod
3	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remove	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 reason	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remove	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 making	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	18 making	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 making	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 boy	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 girl	conj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 making	aux
17	both	both	ADV	_	18 making	advmod
18	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 remove	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 making	obj
20	up	up	ADP	_	18 making	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not remove	present	Libraries	any book				for any reason	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme
2	make up	present · progressive	the girl and the boy	book				both property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot

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