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title: "Kids don't get a say in school rules, cos adults know best, end of.… — Rights, duties and community dilemmas · tree and pragmatics
description: "Kids don't get a say in school rules, cos adults know best, end of." What is weak about this? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

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"Kids don't get a say in school rules, cos adults know best, end of." What is weak about this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kids, adults, end · **What happens:** not get, know, rule, be · **To what, where:** say, school rules, cos

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Kids don't get a say in school rules, cos adults know best, end of."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:1
# text = "Kids don't get a say in school rules, cos adults know best, end of."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	say	say	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Kids | a say |  | school rules of end |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer say=Stimulus |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | adults | cos *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus |
| 3 | **rule** *in a quote* |  | end |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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:* What is weak about this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:2
# text = What is weak about this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about this; weak *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It gives no reason why children's views about their own school don't count

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:o1:1
# text = It gives no reason why children's views about their own school don't count
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | no reason |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | children's views about views's own school |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **view** |  | children |  |  |  |  | about views's own school | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It respects children's voices too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:o2:1
# text = It respects children's voices too much
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	respects	respect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | present | It | children's voices |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing; adults are never wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing; adults are never wrong
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | adults |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is too long and full of reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t9:o4:1
# text = It is too long and full of reasons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | of reasons | tree rules |

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