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title: Kiri says NZ was first for women's votes, sweet as. Why did Swiss wo… — Rights won step by step: freedom, vote… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kiri says NZ was first for women's votes, sweet as. Why did Swiss women wait until 1971? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rig…

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Kiri says NZ was first for women's votes, sweet as. Why did Swiss women wait until 1971?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kiri, NZ, Swiss women · **What happens:** say, be, wait · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» 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/69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kiri says NZ was first for women's votes, sweet as.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:1
# text = Kiri says NZ was first for women's votes, sweet as.
1	Kiri	Kiri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	NZ	NZ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	appos	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kiri |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | NZ |  |  |  |  | for women's votes; first *property* | 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:* Why did Swiss women wait until 1971?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:2
# text = Why did Swiss women wait until 1971?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Swiss	Swiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1971	1971	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · do-support | Swiss women |  |  |  | until 1971 |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Swiss women simply did not want to vote until 1971

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:o1:1
# text = Swiss women simply did not want to vote until 1971
1	Swiss	Swiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1971	1971	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | Swiss women |  |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Swiss women *not said here* |  |  |  | until 1971 |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Swiss had no elections at all before 1971

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:o2:1
# text = The Swiss had no elections at all before 1971
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Swiss	Swiss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1971	1971	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Swiss | no elections |  | 1971 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent election=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Rights came step by step, at different times in different countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:o3:1
# text = Rights came step by step, at different times in different countries
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	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rights | step by step |  | different countries | time |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |
| 2 | **step** |  | step |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They didn't wait: Swiss women voted first of all, in 1800, before anyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:t3:o4:1
# text = They didn't wait: Swiss women voted first of all, in 1800, before anyone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Swiss	Swiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1800	1800	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | They |  |  | anyone |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before anyone=Location |
| 2 | **vote** | past | Swiss women |  |  | 1800 |  | first *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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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