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description: Your mum says politics is about money, safety and fairness. Two neighbours argue about one thing for an hour and still say goodbye nicely. What does this show? Test 11 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 11 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Your mum says politics is about money, safety and fairness. Two neighbours argue about one thing for an hour and still say goodbye nicely. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, politics, Two neighbours, this · **What happens:** say, be, argue, show · **To what, where:** goodbye · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics 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/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mum says politics is about money, safety and fairness.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:1
# text = Your mum says politics is about money, safety and fairness.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	politics	politics	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | politics |  |  |  |  | about money and safety and fairness | 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:* Two neighbours argue about one thing for an hour and still say goodbye nicely.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:2
# text = Two neighbours argue about one thing for an hour and still say goodbye nicely.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Two neighbours |  |  |  | hour | about one thing | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Two neighbours *not said here* | goodbye |  |  | still | nicely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:3
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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People who disagree must stop speaking forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:o1:1
# text = People who disagree must stop speaking forever
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | must | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being kind means you must agree with everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:o2:1
# text = Being kind means you must agree with everyone
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | kind |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | must | you |  |  |  |  | with everyone | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent |

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

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You can disagree strongly and still be kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:o3:1
# text = You can disagree strongly and still be kind
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | can | You |  |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  | still | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The neighbours were not really disagreeing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t11:o4:1
# text = The neighbours were not really disagreeing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disagree** | past · progressive | the neighbours |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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