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title: A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match."… — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match." What is the right version? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

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A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match." What is the right version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, Malala, right version · **What happens:** say, win, be · **To what, where:** Nobel Prize, football match · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:1
# text = A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Malala	Malala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Prize	Prize	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Malala | a Nobel Prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
| 3 | **win** *in a quote* | gerund | Malala *not said here* | a football match |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

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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 right version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:2
# text = What is the right version?
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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	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 right version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She won it for swimming the fastest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:o1:1
# text = She won it for swimming the fastest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | She | it |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | She *not said here* | the fastest |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She won the Nobel Peace Prize for speaking up for girls' education

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:o2:1
# text = She won the Nobel Peace Prize for speaking up for girls' education
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Peace	Peace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Prize	Prize	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	education	education	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | She | the Nobel Peace Prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
| 2 | **speak up** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for girls's education | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **educate** |  | girls |  |  |  |  |  | nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She never won any prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:o3:1
# text = She never won any prize
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **win** | past | She | any prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She won it for inventing a phone that lets girls in faraway villages call their schools

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t7:o4:1
# text = She won it for inventing a phone that lets girls in faraway villages call their schools
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	inventing	invent	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | She | it |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invent** | gerund | She *not said here* | a phone |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Result |
| 3 | **let** | present | a phone | girls |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |
| 4 | **call** | present | faraway villages | villages's schools |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient |

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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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