--- title: Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right? — Bad news, protests and helping others · tree and pragmatics description: Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Bad news, protests and helping others](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Protests, he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** riots This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:1 # text = Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» 1 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Protests protest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 10 riots riot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Protests | riots and innit | | | | always *property* | 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 he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, protests are only on TV shows ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:o1:1 # text = No, protests are only on TV shows 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 protests protest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 shows show NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | protests | | | TV shows | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, protests are always illegal ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:o2:1 # text = Yes, protests are always illegal 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 protests protest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 illegal illegal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | protests | | | | | always, illegal *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, every protest turns into a riot ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:o3:1 # text = Yes, every protest turns into a riot 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 protest protest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 riot riot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | every protest | | | a riot | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into riot=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, most protests are calm and peaceful ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t4:o4:1 # text = No, most protests are calm and peaceful 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 protests protest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | most protests | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | most protests *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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