--- title: "petitions are pointless, it's just names" — what is the best answer? — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics description: "petitions are pointless, it's just names" — what is the best answer? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Protests, petitions and young activists](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists "petitions are pointless, it's just names" — what is the best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** petitions, it, best answer · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** names · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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/38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t11:1 # text = "petitions are pointless, it's just names" — what is the best answer? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 pointless pointless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | petitions | | | | | pointless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | names | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Names on paper are against the law ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t11:o1:1 # text = Names on paper are against the law 1 Names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Names on paper | | | | | against the law | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Many names can show leaders that lots of people care ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t11:o2:1 # text = Many names can show leaders that lots of people care 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 7 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | can | Many names | leaders | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leader=Recipient | | 2 | **care** | present | lots of people | leaders | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Petitions automatically become laws ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t11:o3:1 # text = Petitions automatically become laws 1 Petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 automatically automatically ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | Petitions | laws | | | | automatically *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Petitions are only for grown-ups ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t11:o4:1 # text = Petitions are only for grown-ups 1 Petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Petitions | | | | | for grown ups | tree rules | **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. 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