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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Guns, school safety and arguments abou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Australia's response to the shooting at Port Arthur in 1996. Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Australia's response to the shooting at Port Arthur in 1996.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Australia's response to the shooting at Port Arthur in 1996.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Port	Port	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	1996	1996	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | Australia's response |  |  |  | to the shooting at Port in 1996 | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Every school in Tasmania was permanently closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e2:o1:1
# text = Every school in Tasmania was permanently closed
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tasmania	Tasmania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	closed	close	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 | **close** | past · passive |  | every school in Tasmania |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each adult citizen was issued a firearm by the state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e2:o2:1
# text = Each adult citizen was issued a firearm by the state
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	firearm	firearm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | past · passive | the state | each adult citizen |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal firearm=Theme |

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

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Strict national firearms laws were adopted and a substantial quantity of guns was purchased back by government

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e2:o3:1
# text = Strict national firearms laws were adopted and a substantial quantity of guns was purchased back by government
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	firearms	firearm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | firearms laws |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **purchase back** | past · passive | government | a substantial quantity of guns |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All restrictions upon firearms were subsequently abolished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e2:o4:1
# text = All restrictions upon firearms were subsequently abolished
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	restrictions	restriction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	firearms	firearm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	abolished	abolish	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 | **abolish** | past · passive |  | all restrictions upon firearms |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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