--- title: Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against. After a… — Debating and discussion · tree and pragmatics description: Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against. After a better reason, 3 switch from for to against. How many are for now? 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How many are for now? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 12 children · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English 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/english/49-debating-and-discussion/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:1 # text = Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 appos _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | 12 children | | | | before a vote | for the motion | tree rules | 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:* After a better reason, 3 switch from for to against. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:2 # text = After a better reason, 3 switch from for to against. 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 switch switch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 7 nmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* How many are for now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:3 # text = How many are for now? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 11 ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:o1:1 # text = 11 1 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:o2:1 # text = 12 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:o3:1 # text = 9 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t11:o4:1 # text = 15 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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