--- title: Mia at school: "My mum and dad voted different, are they gonna split… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics description: Mia at school: "My mum and dad voted different, are they gonna split up??" What's the honest answer? 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What's the honest answer? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Mia, honest answer · **What happens:** vote, split up, be · **To what, where:** Mia This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia at school: "My mum and dad voted different, are they gonna split up??" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:1 # text = Mia at school: "My mum and dad voted different, are they gonna split up??" 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 voted vote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 16 dep _ _ 16 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** *in a quote* | past | My mum and dad | Mia at school *not said here* | | | | different *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent mia=Result | | 2 | **split up** *in a quote* | present | Mia at school | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the honest answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:2 # text = What's the honest answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 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 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the honest answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, because only one of their votes will count ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:o1:1 # text = No, because only one of their votes will count 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 votes vote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | future | their votes | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **vote** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No; lots of families vote differently and stay together ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:o2:1 # text = No; lots of families vote differently and stay together 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 vote vote VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 differently differently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** | present | lots of families | | | | | differently *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stay together** | infinitive | lots of families *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes; they will have to live in different areas ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:o3:1 # text = Yes; they will have to live in different areas 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | different areas | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in area=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes; it is against the law for a married couple to vote differently ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t4:o4:1 # text = Yes; it is against the law for a married couple to vote differently 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 14 differently differently ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | against the law; for a married couple | tree rules | | 2 | **vote** | to-infinitive | | | | | | differently *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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