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title: A quiz says France was the first country with votes for women. Corre… — Votes for women · tree and pragmatics
description: A quiz says France was the first country with votes for women. Correct it. Test 4 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 4 · Votes for women

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A quiz says France was the first country with votes for women. Correct it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** quiz, France, you · **What happens:** say, be, correct · **To what, where:** first country, country · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A quiz says France was the first country with votes for women.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:1
# text = A quiz says France was the first country with votes for women.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a quiz |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | France | the first country |  |  |  | with votes for women | 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:* Correct it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:2
# text = Correct it.
1	Correct	correct	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | imperative | you *not said here* | country |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It was the USA in 1776

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:o1:1
# text = It was the USA in 1776
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1776	1776	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the USA |  | 1776 |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Switzerland was first in 1971

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:o2:1
# text = Switzerland was first in 1971
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1971	1971	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Switzerland |  |  | 1971 |  | first *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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France was first in 1066

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:o3:1
# text = France was first in 1066
1	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1066	1066	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | France |  |  | 1066 |  | first *property* | tree rules |

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

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New Zealand was first, in 1893; France waited until 1944

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t4:o4:1
# text = New Zealand was first, in 1893; France waited until 1944
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1893	1893	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	until	until	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1944	1944	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | New Zealand |  |  | 1893 |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | past | France |  |  |  | until 1944 |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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