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title: ★★★ Lucy: «Women got the vote in 1918 only coz of the war, end of.»… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Lucy: «Women got the vote in 1918 only coz of the war, end of.» Better answer? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Lucy: «Women got the vote in 1918 only coz of the war, end of.» Better answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Women · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** vote, 1918 coz

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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/86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Lucy: «Women got the vote in 1918 only coz of the war, end of.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Lucy: «Women got the vote in 1918 only coz of the war, end of.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	coz	coz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Women | the vote |  | 1918 coz of the war |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

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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:* Better answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:2
# text = Better answer?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No; British women could always vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:o1:1
# text = No; British women could always vote
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | could | British women |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right; nobody asked for votes before 1914

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:o2:1
# text = Right; nobody asked for votes before 1914
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | nobody |  |  |  | before 1914 | for votes; right *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No; the war stopped women from ever voting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:o3:1
# text = No; the war stopped women from ever voting
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the war |  | women | voting |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer woman=Beneficiary from voting=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The war helped, but campaigners had fought for decades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t10:o4:1
# text = The war helped, but campaigners had fought for decades
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	campaigners	campaigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the war |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fight** | past · perfect · passive |  | campaigners |  |  | decade |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

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