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title: In a cartoon, the town mice line up with signs asking the mayor for… — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the town mice line up with signs asking the mayor for a cheese shop, and nobody breaks anything. What is that like? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

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In a cartoon, the town mice line up with signs asking the mayor for a cheese shop, and nobody breaks anything. What is that like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town mice, signs, nobody, that · **What happens:** line up, ask, break, be · **To what, where:** mayor, anything

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the town mice line up with signs asking the mayor for a cheese shop, and nobody breaks anything.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, the town mice line up with signs asking the mayor for a cheese shop, and nobody breaks anything.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	line	line	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	22	nsubj	_	_
22	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
23	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line up** | present | the town mice |  |  |  |  | with signs; in a cartoon | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | signs *not said here* | the mayor |  |  |  | for a cheese shop | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mayor=Recipient |
| 3 | **break** | present | nobody | anything |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=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 that like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:2
# text = What is that like?
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	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bribe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:o1:1
# text = A bribe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bribe	bribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A peaceful protest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:o2:1
# text = A peaceful protest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	protest	protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A deepfake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:o3:1
# text = A deepfake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deepfake	deepfake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A riot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:t8:o4:1
# text = A riot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	riot	riot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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