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title: In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across… — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics
description: In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits." What is the fairer view? Test 6 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 6 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

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In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits." What is the fairer view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Great craic, fairer view · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** eejits, Dublin

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:1
# text = In Dublin: "Great craic at the march, but sure the other lot across the road are eejits."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	craic	craic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
16	across	across	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	eejits	eejit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Great craic at the march | eejits |  | Dublin |  |  | 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 the fairer view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:2
# text = What is the fairer view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairer view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only one side may protest at a time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:o1:1
# text = Only one side may protest at a time
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	protest	protest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | may | one side |  |  |  | time |  | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Counter-protests are always against the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:o2:1
# text = Counter-protests are always against the law
1	Counter-protests	counter-protest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Counter-protests |  |  |  |  | against the law; always *property* | tree rules |

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

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The other group disagrees and is also allowed to protest peacefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:o3:1
# text = The other group disagrees and is also allowed to protest peacefully
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disagrees	disagree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	protest	protest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | the other group |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive | the other group *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **protest** *speech: disagree* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the other group *not said here* |  |  |  |  | peacefully *property* | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Anyone across the road must be wrong, because the bigger march is always the one that is right

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t6:o4:1
# text = Anyone across the road must be wrong, because the bigger march is always the one that is right
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
2	across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Anyone |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the bigger march | the one |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the one |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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