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title: In Pittsburgh: "Yinz wanna sign? We need a crossing outside the scho… — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics
description: In Pittsburgh: "Yinz wanna sign? We need a crossing outside the school." What is being asked? Test 3 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 3 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

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In Pittsburgh: "Yinz wanna sign? We need a crossing outside the school." What is being asked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Yinz, We · **What happens:** sign, need, ask · **To what, where:** Pittsburgh, crossing

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Pittsburgh: "Yinz wanna sign?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:1
# text = In Pittsburgh: "Yinz wanna sign?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Yinz	Yinz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	sign	sign	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** *in a quote* | infinitive | Yinz |  |  | Pittsburgh |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «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:* We need a crossing outside the school."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:2
# text = We need a crossing outside the school."
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | We | a crossing |  |  |  | outside the school | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crossing=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is being asked?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:3
# text = What is being asked?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To give money to a candidate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:o1:1
# text = To give money to a candidate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | money | a candidate |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to candidate=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To vote in a referendum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:o2:1
# text = To vote in a referendum
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	vote	vote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a referendum |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To join a counter-protest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:o3:1
# text = To join a counter-protest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | to-infinitive |  | a counter-protest |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counter-protest=Patient |

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

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To add your name to a petition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t3:o4:1
# text = To add your name to a petition
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | your name |  |  |  | to a petition | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent name=Patient to petition=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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