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title: What would happen in a country where only half the people could vote? — Votes for women · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen in a country where only half the people could vote? Test 7 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · Votes for women

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What would happen in a country where only half the people could vote?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** happen, vote · **To what, where:** country

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t7:1
# text = What would happen in a country where only half the people could vote?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | a country |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in country=Location |
| 2 | **vote** | could | half people |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Laws would be fairer for everyone, since men always know best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t7:o1:1
# text = Laws would be fairer for everyone, since men always know best
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Laws |  |  |  |  | for everyone; fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | men | best |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Laws would be made without the other half having a say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t7:o2:1
# text = Laws would be made without the other half having a say
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	obl	_	_
9	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	say	say	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would · passive |  | Laws |  |  |  | without the other half | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a say |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent say=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody would make any laws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t7:o3:1
# text = Nobody would make any laws
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | Nobody | any laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing would change at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t7:o4:1
# text = Nothing would change at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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