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title: A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!» Aisha's dad:… — Politicians and promises, as the news… · tree and pragmatics
description: A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!» Aisha's dad: «Both? With what money?» What is he doing? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them

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A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!» Aisha's dad: «Both? With what money?» What is he doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aisha · **What happens:** do

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» of the everyday 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/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:1
# text = A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
7	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Aisha's dad: «Both?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:2
# text = Aisha's dad: «Both?
1	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* With what money?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:3
# text = With what money?»
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* What is he doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:4
# text = What is he doing?
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	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Aisha |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Saying the candidate is a liar for sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:o1:1
# text = Saying the candidate is a liar for sure
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the candidate |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent candidate=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Saying | a liar |  |  |  | for sure | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Saying the candidate is surely honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:o2:1
# text = Saying the candidate is surely honest
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the candidate |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent candidate=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saying |  |  |  |  | honest, surely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Throwing the leaflet away unread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:o3:1
# text = Throwing the leaflet away unread
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	unread	unread	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | gerund |  | the leaflet |  |  |  | away, unread *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaflet=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Asking how the promise would be paid for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t9:o4:1
# text = Asking how the promise would be paid for
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | would · passive |  | the promise |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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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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