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Test 7 · ★ · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

A teenager says: «that Quebec law is so sus, why can't a teacher wear a headscarf?» Which is the fair summary?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teenager, Quebec law, teacher · What happens: say, be, not wear · To what, where: headscarf, fair summary · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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 teenager says: «that Quebec law is so sus, why can't a teacher wear a headscarf?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 teenager	det
2	teenager	teenager	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 sus	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sus	punct
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sus	mark
7	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 law	compound
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sus	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sus	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 sus	advmod
11	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wear	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 wear	advmod
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 wear	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 wear	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 teacher	det
17	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wear	nsubj
18	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sus	parataxis
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 headscarf	det
20	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wear	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 sus	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a teenager						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Quebec law					suspect property	tree rules
3	not wear in a quote	can	a teacher	a headscarf					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent headscarf=Source

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 is the fair summary?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 summary	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 summary	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 summary	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 summary	amod
5	summary	summary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 summary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the fair summary					tree rules

The options

Option 1

The law bans headscarves but allows crosses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bans	nsubj
3	bans	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	headscarves	headscarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bans	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 allows	cc
6	allows	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bans	conj
7	crosses	cross	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present	the law	headscarves					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer headscarf=Theme
2	allow	present	the law not said here	crosses					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Beneficiary

Option 2

Everyone agrees the law is perfect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agrees	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 perfect	cop
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 agrees	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone	the law					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent law=Topic
2	is not said to happen	present	Everyone not said here					perfect property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The law bans every worker in all of Canada from wearing religious symbols, at work and at home

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bans	nsubj
3	bans	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 worker	det
5	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bans	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 Canada	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 Canada	det
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Canada	case
9	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bans	obl
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 wearing	mark
11	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 bans	advcl
12	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 symbols	amod
13	symbols	symbol	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wearing	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 work	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 work	case
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wearing	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 home	cc
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 home	case
19	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 work	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present	the law	every worker		all Canada			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer worker=Theme
2	wear	gerund	the law not said here	religious symbols		work and home			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent symbol=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Supporters say teachers should look neutral; opponents say it unfairly stops people of some faiths

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supporters	supporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
6	neutral	neutral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
8	opponents	opponent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	obj
11	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stops	nsubj
12	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stops	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 faiths	case
15	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 faiths	det
16	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Supporters						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	should	teachers					neutral property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	opponents	it					tree rules
4	stop	present	unfairly	people of some faiths					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality

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