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title: Ethan's gran in Dover says "It's dangerous"; his grandad says "It ha… — Immigration and borders · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan's gran in Dover says "It's dangerous"; his grandad says "It has to stop". What do most people agree on? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Immigration and borders

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Ethan's gran in Dover says "It's dangerous"; his grandad says "It has to stop". What do most people agree on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, grandad, most people · **What happens:** say, be, have, stop, agree · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/19-immigration-and-borders/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan's gran in Dover says "It's dangerous"; his grandad says "It has to stop".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:1
# text = Ethan's gran in Dover says "It's dangerous"; his grandad says "It has to stop".
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dover	Dover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ethan's gran in Dover |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | gran |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dover's grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | gran |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **stop** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | gran *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 do most people agree on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:2
# text = What do most people agree on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | most people |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The crossings are quite safe, so there is nothing at all to worry about

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:o1:1
# text = The crossings are quite safe, so there is nothing at all to worry about
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crossings	crossing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
9	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the crossings |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **worry** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody really uses small boats any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:o2:1
# text = Nobody really uses small boats any more
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	any	any	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Nobody | small boats |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Smugglers help people for free and do not charge money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:o3:1
# text = Smugglers help people for free and do not charge money
1	Smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Smugglers |  | people |  |  | for free | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **charge** | infinitive · do-support | Smugglers *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location money=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dangerous crossings and the smugglers who profit should be stopped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t5:o4:1
# text = Dangerous crossings and the smugglers who profit should be stopped
1	Dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crossings	crossing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **profit** |  | the smugglers and profit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | should · passive |  | Dangerous crossings and the smugglers and profit |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

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