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title: What would happen if a class had one football and nobody had any way… — What politics is: deciding things toge… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a class had one football and nobody had any way of deciding who gets it? Test 6 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 6 · What politics is: deciding things together

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What would happen if a class had one football and nobody had any way of deciding who gets it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, nobody, way · **What happens:** happen, have, decide, get · **To what, where:** one football, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t6:1
# text = What would happen if a class had one football and nobody had any way of deciding who gets it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a class | one football |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | past | nobody | any way |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
| 4 | **decide** | gerund | any way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **get** | present |  | way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Everyone would agree straight away, without even needing to talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t6:o1:1
# text = Everyone would agree straight away, without even needing to talk
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	needing	need	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | would | Everyone |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **need** | gerund | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Arguments would go on, and the strongest might just grab it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t6:o2:1
# text = Arguments would go on, and the strongest might just grab it
1	Arguments	argument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | would | Arguments |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | might | the strongest | it |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher would have to buy a brand new ball for every child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t6:o3:1
# text = The teacher would have to buy a brand new ball for every child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | a new ball |  |  |  | for every child | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ball=Theme for child=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The football would somehow split itself into two separate balls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t6:o4:1
# text = The football would somehow split itself into two separate balls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | would | the football | football |  |  |  | into two separate balls *result*; somehow *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Patient into ball=Result |

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