Test 9 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

"they're just kids, adults tell 'em what to say, end of" — what is a fairer view?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, kids · What happens: be, tell, say · To what, where: kids, 'em, end, fairer view · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kids	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kids	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 kids	advmod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tell	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 adults	punct
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kids	conj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 say	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tell	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 end	punct
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 what	case
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 of	punct
17	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 of	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 end	nmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 view	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 view	det
21	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 view	amod
22	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 what	acl:relcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	they	kids and adults		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	kids and adults		'em = they	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive		end		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme end=Manner
4	is a	present		a fairer view		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.

The options

Option 1

Adults never influence anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 influence	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 influence	advmod
3	influence	influence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 influence	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not influence	present	Adults	anyone					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Kids are banned from having views

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banned	aux:pass
3	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 views	case
5	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 views	amod
6	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		Kids		having views			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from view=Eventuality
2	have	gerund							vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Young people learn from adults and also think for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	nsubj
3	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 think	cc
7	also	also	ADV	_	8 think	advmod
8	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 learn	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 themselves	case
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	Young people					from adults	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from adult=Source
2	think speech: other	infinitive	Young people not said here					for people	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Children never think for themselves, so everything a young activist says was written by a grown-up

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 think	advmod
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 themselves	case
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 think	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 written	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	14 written	advmod
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 written	nsubj:pass
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 activist	det
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 activist	amod
11	activist	activist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 everything	acl:relcl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 written	aux:pass
14	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 think	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	19 up	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 up	det
17	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 up	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 up	punct
19	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not think speech: other	present	Children		for Children = child	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	a young activist			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	write	past · passive	a grown up	everything		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
4	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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