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title: In 1918, a British woman of 25 and her mum of 50 go to vote. Who cou… — Votes for women · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1918, a British woman of 25 and her mum of 50 go to vote. Who could vote? Test 10 of lesson 32 «Votes for women» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · Votes for women

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In 1918, a British woman of 25 and her mum of 50 go to vote. Who could vote?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** British woman · **What happens:** go, vote · **To what, where:** 1918

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This is test 10 of lesson 32 «Votes for women» of the history 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/history/32-votes-for-women/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In 1918, a British woman of 25 and her mum of 50 go to vote.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:1
# text = In 1918, a British woman of 25 and her mum of 50 go to vote.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a British woman of 25 and woman's mum of 50 |  |  | 1918 |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **vote** | to-infinitive | a British woman of 25 and woman's mum of 50 *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Who could vote?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:2
# text = Who could vote?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only the 25-year-old, because she was younger and could read

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:o1:1
# text = Only the 25-year-old, because she was younger and could read
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | could | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:o2:1
# text = Both of them
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:o3:1
# text = Neither of them
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Only the mum, as many women over 30 could vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t10:o4:1
# text = Only the mum, as many women over 30 could vote
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | could | many women over 30 | the mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent mum=Result |

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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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