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title: Uncle at the telly: «Bloody politicians, all promises and no deliver… — Votes, parties and the people in charge · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle at the telly: «Bloody politicians, all promises and no delivery.» What is he grumbling about? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge

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Uncle at the telly: «Bloody politicians, all promises and no delivery.» What is he grumbling about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle · **What happens:** grumble

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life 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/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle at the telly: «Bloody politicians, all promises and no delivery.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:1
# text = Uncle at the telly: «Bloody politicians, all promises and no delivery.»
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What is he grumbling about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:2
# text = What is he grumbling about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present · progressive | Uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He wants politicians to deliver leaflets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:o1:1
# text = He wants politicians to deliver leaflets
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	leaflets	leaflet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | He | politicians |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deliver** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | politicians *not said here* | leaflets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaflet=Patient |

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

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He thinks politicians break their promises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:o2:1
# text = He thinks politicians break their promises
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | present | politicians | politicians's promises |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
| 3 | **promise** |  | politicians *= politician* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He thinks the post is always late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:o3:1
# text = He thinks the post is always late
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the post |  |  |  |  | always, late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is angry about a parcel he ordered that never came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t3:o4:1
# text = He is angry about a parcel he ordered that never came
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | about a parcel; angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **order** | past | he | a parcel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **come** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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