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title: Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once.… — Who decides: kings, councils, republic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once. What really happened? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

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Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once. What really happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, American Revolution · **What happens:** think, give, happen · **To what, where:** vote, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» 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/67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:1
# text = Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | the American Revolution | the vote | everyone |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient vote=Theme at once=Asset |

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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:* What really happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:2
# text = What really happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Women got the vote first and men had to wait 100 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:o1:1
# text = Women got the vote first and men had to wait 100 years
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Women | the vote |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past | men |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | to-infinitive | men *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right: every man, woman and child could vote from 1776

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:o2:1
# text = He's right: every man, woman and child could vote from 1776
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1776	1776	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** | could | every man and woman and child |  |  | 1776 |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Rights came slowly; at first mostly men with property voted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:o3:1
# text = Rights came slowly; at first mostly men with property voted
1	Rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rights | men with property |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **vote** | participle |  | men with property *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing changed at all, and the king stayed in charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing changed at all, and the king stayed in charge
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | past | Nothing |  |  | charge |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in charge=Location |

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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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