Test 10 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists
The march was started after a school shooting in Florida. Did all Americans agree with what it asked for?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Americans, march · What happens: start, agree, ask · To what, where: march
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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: The march was started after a school shooting in Florida.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 march | det |
| 2 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | aux:pass |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 shooting | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shooting | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shooting | compound |
| 8 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Florida | case |
| 10 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 shooting | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past · passive | the march | after a school shooting in Florida | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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: Did all Americans agree with what it asked for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Americans | aux |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 Americans | det |
| 3 | Americans | American | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 agree | nsubj |
| 4 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 what | case |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 agree | obl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 asked | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 agree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | all Americans | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with what=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | march | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yes, every American agreed, and the gun laws were changed the very next morning
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 agreed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 American | det |
| 4 | American | American | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 changed | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 changed | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 laws | det |
| 9 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laws | compound |
| 10 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 changed | aux:pass |
| 12 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 agreed | ccomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 morning | det |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 next | advmod |
| 15 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 morning | amod |
| 16 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 changed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | every American | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change | past · passive | the gun laws | morning | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, other Americans disagreed with stricter gun laws
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 other | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Americans | amod |
| 4 | Americans | American | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 disagreed | nsubj |
| 5 | disagreed | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 laws | case |
| 7 | stricter | strict | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 laws | amod |
| 8 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 laws | compound |
| 9 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 disagreed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disagree | past | other Americans | with stricter gun laws | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with law=Co-Agent |
Option 3
The march asked for more guns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 march | det |
| 2 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 guns | case |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 guns | amod |
| 6 | guns | gun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the march | for more guns | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nobody in America heard about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 America | case |
| 3 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Nobody | nmod |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Nobody | about it | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus |
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