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# Test 12 · ★★ · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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Kai: "Can kids make a difference, or is that just a vibe?" What's the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kai, wise answer · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** difference, vibe

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» 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/79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: "Can kids make a difference, or is that just a vibe?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:1
# text = Kai: "Can kids make a difference, or is that just a vibe?"
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | can | Kai | a difference |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difference=Product |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a vibe |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:2
# text = What's the wise answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, kids can never change anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:o1:1
# text = No, kids can never change anything
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | can | kids | anything |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and kids must fix the climate all alone, without any help from adults

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, and kids must fix the climate all alone, without any help from adults
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | must | kids | the climate |  |  |  | without any help from adults; alone *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent climate=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, in small ways, but big problems need many people and governments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, in small ways, but big problems need many people and governments
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	governments	government	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | big problems | many people and governments |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot people=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only by buying more things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t12:o4:1
# text = Only by buying more things
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | more things |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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