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title: Bloke on telly: "Mr Moderator, cut her mic, her time's up!" What is… — Debates and rows on chat shows · tree and pragmatics
description: Bloke on telly: "Mr Moderator, cut her mic, her time's up!" What is the disagreement about? Test 11 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · Debates and rows on chat shows

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Bloke on telly: "Mr Moderator, cut her mic, her time's up!" What is the disagreement about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr Moderator, disagreement · **What happens:** cut, be · **To what, where:** mic

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This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bloke on telly: "Mr Moderator, cut her mic, her time's up!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:1
# text = Bloke on telly: "Mr Moderator, cut her mic, her time's up!"
1	Bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mic	mic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** *in a quote* | past | Mr Moderator and her time's up *not said here* | her mic |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mic=Product |

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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:* What is the disagreement about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:2
# text = What is the disagreement about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Whether cutting microphones is fair or too controlling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:o1:1
# text = Whether cutting microphones is fair or too controlling
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	microphones	microphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	controlling	control	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | microphones |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset microphone=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | cutting |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **control** | gerund | cutting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whether microphones are legal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:o2:1
# text = Whether microphones are legal
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	microphones	microphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whether the audience may speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:o3:1
# text = Whether the audience may speak
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | may | the audience |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Whether debates need moderators at all, or should just let the leaders shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t11:o4:1
# text = Whether debates need moderators at all, or should just let the leaders shout
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	debates	debate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	moderators	moderator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | debates | moderators |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot moderator=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the leaders |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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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