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title: Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you bel… — Votes, parties and the people in charge · tree and pragmatics
description: Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it? Lovely woman otherwise.» What is the kind way to think about this? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge

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Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it? Lovely woman otherwise.» What is the kind way to think about this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** She, you, kind way · **What happens:** vote, believe, be, think · **To what, where:** gate

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:1
# text = Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it?
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	voting	vote	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	greens	green	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** *in a quote* | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  | for the greens *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for green=Goal |
| 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | can | you | gate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Lovely woman otherwise.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:2
# text = Lovely woman otherwise.»
1	Lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is the kind way to think about this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:3
# text = What is the kind way to think about this?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the kind way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the kind way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about this | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about this=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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People can pick different parties and still be good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:o1:1
# text = People can pick different parties and still be good
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | can | People | different parties |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  |  | still | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Green is the only colour anyone should vote for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:o2:1
# text = Green is the only colour anyone should vote for
1	Green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should · present | Green |  |  |  |  | vote *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Picking another party makes her a bad person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:o3:1
# text = Picking another party makes her a bad person
1	Picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | gerund |  | another party |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Picking | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mums are not allowed to talk about voting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t4:o4:1
# text = Mums are not allowed to talk about voting
1	Mums	mum	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	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Mums |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mums *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about voting | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about voting=Topic |

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