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title: A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.» Is that right? — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.» Is that right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, Rights, that · **What happens:** say, grow, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:1
# text = A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rights |  |  |  |  | for grown ups | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only children have rights, not adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:o1:1
# text = No, only children have rights, not adults
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | children | rights and adults |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, only adults who vote have rights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, only adults who vote have rights
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	vote	vote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | present | adults |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | adults | rights |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, children get rights when they turn 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, children get rights when they turn 18
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | children | rights |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | present | children *= child* | 18 |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, children have rights too, under a UN agreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t9:o4:1
# text = No, children have rights too, under a UN agreement
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | children | rights |  | a UN agreement |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |

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