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title: An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist». What is t… — Israel and Gaza at school and online · tree and pragmatics
description: An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist». What is true? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Israel and Gaza at school and online» 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 was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online

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An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist». What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** older boy, headscarf · **What happens:** say, give, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Israel and Gaza at school and online» 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/27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:1
# text = An older boy says Amira's headscarf is «giving terrorist».
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
11	terrorist	terrorist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a older boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Amira's headscarf |  |  |  |  | terrorist *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a hateful lie; most Muslims, like most people, just want to live safely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:o1:1
# text = It is a hateful lie; most Muslims, like most people, just want to live safely
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a hateful lie |  |  |  | like most people | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A headscarf is a sign of danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:o2:1
# text = A headscarf is a sign of danger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a headscarf | a sign |  |  |  | of danger | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is just a harmless joke, because the older boy did not really mean it and everyone laughed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:o3:1
# text = It is just a harmless joke, because the older boy did not really mean it and everyone laughed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	19	nsubj	_	_
19	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a harmless joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | past · do-support | the older boy | joke |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Amira is to blame for being called it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online:t2:o4:1
# text = Amira is to blame for being called it
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Amira |  |  |  |  | blame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | gerund · passive | Amira *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: it=Recipient |

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