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title: A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking… — Taxes and local councils: bins, roads… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!" What's wrong with his way of speaking up? Test 10 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 10 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools

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A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!" What's wrong with his way of speaking up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, way · **What happens:** shout, skate, wreck, be, speak up · **To what, where:** council meeting, park, bins · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» 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/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:1
# text = A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Skate	skate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a boy |  |  | the council meeting |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **skate** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | park |  |  | now |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme park=Location |
| 3 | **wreck** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a boy *= boy* | the bins |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=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's wrong with his way of speaking up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:2
# text = What's wrong with his way of speaking up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with boy's way; wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak up** *speech: other* | gerund | boy's way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Threats and damage are wrong; giving reasons calmly is how you are heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:o1:1
# text = Threats and damage are wrong; giving reasons calmly is how you are heard
1	Threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Threats and damage |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | Threats and damage *not said here* | reasons |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  | hear *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bins belong to him because his family pays council tax, so wrecking them is fine

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:o2:1
# text = The bins belong to him because his family pays council tax, so wrecking them is fine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	csubj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | the bins |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | present | his family | council tax |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |
| 3 | **wreck** | gerund |  | bins *= bin* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | wrecking |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, threatening people is the best and fastest way to win anything you want

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:o3:1
# text = Nothing, threatening people is the best and fastest way to win anything you want
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	conj	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Nothing | the best way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
| 4 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children are not allowed to want a skate park or ask the council for anything

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t10:o4:1
# text = Children are not allowed to want a skate park or ask the council for anything
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Children *not said here* | a skate park |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot park=Theme |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Children *not said here* | the council |  |  |  | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient |

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