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title: "Lekker, she's Canadian now!" says Fatima's South African neighbour… — Immigration and borders · tree and pragmatics
description: "Lekker, she's Canadian now!" says Fatima's South African neighbour (lekker = great) after the oath and cake. What can Fatima's mum now do? Test 9 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Immigration and borders

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"Lekker, she's Canadian now!" says Fatima's South African neighbour (lekker = great) after the oath and cake. What can Fatima's mum now do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lekker, mum · **What happens:** be, say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Lekker, she's Canadian now!" says Fatima's South African neighbour (lekker = great) after the oath and cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:1
# text = "Lekker, she's Canadian now!" says Fatima's South African neighbour (lekker = great) after the oath and cake.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lekker	Lekker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
14	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	lekker	lekker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
18	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	19	punct	_	_
19	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lekker |  |  |  | now | canadian *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Lekker |  |  |  | after the oath and cake |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 can Fatima's mum now do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:2
# text = What can Fatima's mum now do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | Fatima's mum |  |  |  | now |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Never leave Canada again for the rest of her life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:o1:1
# text = Never leave Canada again for the rest of her life
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | Canada |  |  | again | for the rest of Canada's life | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent canada=Theme for rest=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Vote as a full citizen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:o2:1
# text = Vote as a full citizen
1	Vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only work in one job that the government picks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:o3:1
# text = Only work in one job that the government picks
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in one job | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in job=Theme |
| 2 | **pick** | present | the government | one job |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only visit Canada as a tourist from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t9:o4:1
# text = Only visit Canada as a tourist from now on
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | imperative | you *not said here* | Canada |  |  |  | as a tourist | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canada=Co-Agent |

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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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