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# Test 1 · ★ · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

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Hannah's Texan cousin shrugs: «y'all have no guns in shops? we're fixin' to buy bait right next to 'em, that's just normal round here.» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Texan cousin, y'all, we, that · **What happens:** shrug, have, fixin, buy, be · **To what, where:** guns, shops, bait · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» 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/22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hannah's Texan cousin shrugs: «y'all have no guns in shops? we're fixin' to buy bait right next to 'em, that's just normal round here.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:1
# text = Hannah's Texan cousin shrugs: «y'all have no guns in shops? we're fixin' to buy bait right next to 'em, that's just normal round here.»
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Texan	texan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shrugs	shrug	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	fixin	fixin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
21	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	right	right	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	next	next	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	just	just	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
31	round	round	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrug** | present | Hannah's Texan cousin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | y'all | no guns |  | shops |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient |
| 3 | **fixin** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **buy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | bait |  |  |  | next *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Theme |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  | here |  | normal *property* | 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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gun rules differ a lot between countries, and each grew from its own history

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:o1:1
# text = Gun rules differ a lot between countries, and each grew from its own history
1	Gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Gun rules | a lot between countries |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | past | each |  |  |  |  | from lot's own history | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from history=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Texas has no rules at all about guns, so anyone of any age can buy one anywhere

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:o2:1
# text = Texas has no rules at all about guns, so anyone of any age can buy one anywhere
1	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	_
18	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Texas | no rules |  | all |  | about guns | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 2 | **buy** | can | anyone | one |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Guns are sold the same way in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:o3:1
# text = Guns are sold the same way in every country
1	Guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present · passive |  | Guns |  | every country |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient way=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The UK sells guns beside fishing rods too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:t1:o4:1
# text = The UK sells guns beside fishing rods too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | the UK | guns |  | fishing rods |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme |

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