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title: An older cousin says, "Under-16 social media ban? Total rubbish." Th… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: An older cousin says, "Under-16 social media ban? Total rubbish." The teacher says, "It might help." How would a careful pupil describe it? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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An older cousin says, "Under-16 social media ban? Total rubbish." The teacher says, "It might help." How would a careful pupil describe it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** older cousin, teacher, careful pupil · **What happens:** say, help, describe · **To what, where:** rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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/40-putting-it-together/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An older cousin says, "Under-16 social media ban?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:1
# text = An older cousin says, "Under-16 social media ban?
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
10	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a older cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* Total rubbish."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:2
# text = Total rubbish."
1	Total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* The teacher says, "It might help."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:3
# text = The teacher says, "It might help."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	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	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **help** *in a quote* | might | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* How would a careful pupil describe it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:4
# text = How would a careful pupil describe it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | would | a careful pupil | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody disagrees about this at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:o1:1
# text = Nobody disagrees about this at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disagrees	disagree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | Nobody |  |  | all |  | about this | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about this=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the cousin can be right, because he is older and uses social media

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:o2:1
# text = Only the cousin can be right, because he is older and uses social media
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | the cousin |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present | the cousin *not said here* | social media |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent media=Patient |

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

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Some say it protects kids, others say it is hard to enforce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:o3:1
# text = Some say it protects kids, others say it is hard to enforce
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	expl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	enforce	enforce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **protect** | present | it |  | kids |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **enforce** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the teacher can be right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t8:o4:1
# text = Only the teacher can be right
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | the teacher |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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