--- title: ugh voting's boring why'd they fight so hard for it — Votes for women · tree and pragmatics description: ugh voting's boring why'd they fight so hard for it Test 8 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/32-votes-for-women/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Votes for women](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/32-votes-for-women/) / t8 # Test 8 · Votes for women ugh voting's boring why'd they fight so hard for it **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** fight This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t8:1 # text = ugh voting's boring why'd they fight so hard for it 1 ugh ugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 voting voting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd 'd PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | present | they | | | | | for voting; hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} It is only for presidents ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t8:o1:1 # text = It is only for presidents 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 presidents president NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for presidents | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It lets you choose who makes the laws you have to live by ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t8:o2:1 # text = It lets you choose who makes the laws you have to live by 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | It | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | | the laws | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product | | 4 | **have** | present | you | the laws *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | to-infinitive | the laws *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They had nothing else to do ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t8:o3:1 # text = They had nothing else to do 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It came with a free prize, like a toy, for everyone who voted ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:32-votes-for-women:t8:o4:1 # text = It came with a free prize, like a toy, for everyone who voted 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 voted vote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | It | | | | | with a free prize; like a toy; for everyone | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **vote** | past | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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