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title: Alfie asks why some buildings have no ramps. What would a campaigner… — Rights won step by step: freedom, vote… · tree and pragmatics
description: Alfie asks why some buildings have no ramps. What would a campaigner say? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rig…

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Alfie asks why some buildings have no ramps. What would a campaigner say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alfie, buildings, campaigner · **What happens:** ask, have, say · **To what, where:** ramps · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» of the history 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/history/69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alfie asks why some buildings have no ramps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:1
# text = Alfie asks why some buildings have no ramps.
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Alfie |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | some buildings | no ramps |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ramp=Patient |

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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:* What would a campaigner say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:2
# text = What would a campaigner say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	campaigner	campaigner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a campaigner |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wheelchairs were only invented last year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:o1:1
# text = Wheelchairs were only invented last year
1	Wheelchairs	wheelchair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Wheelchairs |  |  | year |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Access was won by campaigning, and some old places still lack it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:o2:1
# text = Access was won by campaigning, and some old places still lack it
1	Access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	campaigning	campaigning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · passive | campaigning | Access |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lack** | present | some old places | Access |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ramps are not allowed by law in most old buildings in Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:o3:1
# text = Ramps are not allowed by law in most old buildings in Britain
1	Ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | law | Ramps |  | most old buildings in Britain |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody needs ramps, so builders leave them out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t9:o4:1
# text = Nobody needs ramps, so builders leave them out
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Nobody | ramps |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ramp=Theme |
| 2 | **leave out** | present | builders | ramps *= ramp* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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