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title: A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all… — Climate: hot summers and hot arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all, sure it does.» Is he right? Test 6 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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 wa
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# Test 6 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

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A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all, sure it does.» Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, Finn, net · **What happens:** say, mean, do, be · **To what, where:** cars, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all, sure it does.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:1
# text = A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all, sure it does.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	ya	ya	X	FW	_	11	compound	_	_
11	eejit	eejit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Dublin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Finn | no cars |  | all |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | net |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | Finn |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, every car must be scrapped by tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, every car must be scrapped by tomorrow
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	scrapped	scrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrap** | must · passive |  | every car |  |  | tomorrow |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means the temperature in the whole country must be kept at zero degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:o2:1
# text = It means the temperature in the whole country must be kept at zero degrees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | must · passive |  | the temperature in the whole country |  | zero degrees |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at degree=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It means nobody may use electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:o3:1
# text = It means nobody may use electricity
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | may | nobody | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient |

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

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No, it means warming gas put out is balanced by gas taken back in

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t6:o4:1
# text = No, it means warming gas put out is balanced by gas taken back in
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj:pass	_	_
6	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **warm** | gerund |  | gas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **balance** | present · passive | warming |  |  |  |  | by gas | tree rules |
| 5 | **take back** | participle | warming *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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