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title: Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grac… — What politics is: deciding things toge… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke. Who is right? Test 8 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 ri
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# Test 8 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke. Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, Grace, Kai · **What happens:** say, delude, change, speak, vote, be · **To what, where:** vote · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:1
# text = Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	deluded	delude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **delude** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **change** | gerund |  | Kai's vote |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Grace |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **vote** |  | Kai |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither, because a class vote cannot have reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:o1:1
# text = Neither, because a class vote cannot have reasons
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | can | a class vote | reasons |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gran, because a vote should never change after the first idea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:o2:1
# text = Gran, because a vote should never change after the first idea
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | should | a vote |  |  |  | after the first idea |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Kai, because changing your mind for a good reason is sensible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:o3:1
# text = Kai, because changing your mind for a good reason is sensible
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
4	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  | your mind |  |  |  | for a good reason | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent mind=Theme for reason=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | changing |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mind** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gran, because listening before a vote is against the rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:t8:o4:1
# text = Gran, because listening before a vote is against the rules
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund | Gran *not said here* |  |  |  | before a vote |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before vote=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Gran |  |  |  |  | against the rules | tree rules |

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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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