---
title: Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning t… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning the whole state". What is wrong? Test 1 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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 wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/t1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Adverts, slogans and polls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/) / t1

# Test 1 · Adverts, slogans and polls

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning the whole state". What is wrong?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** street · **What happens:** win, sign, be · **To what, where:** whole state

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 1 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/#t1).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning the whole state".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:1
# text = Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning the whole state".
1	Mateo	Mateo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	def	def	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
19	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | gerund |  | the whole state |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sign** *in a quote* |  | our street |  |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the state with most signs votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:o1:1
# text = Only the state with most signs votes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, signs always predict the winner, because every family that votes puts one up on the lawn

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:o2:1
# text = Nothing, signs always predict the winner, because every family that votes puts one up on the lawn
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	predict	predict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	votes	vote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | present | Nothing signs | the winner |  |  |  | always *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot winner=Topic |
| 2 | **vote** | present | every family |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **put up** | present | every family | one |  | the lawn |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme on lawn=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A street of signs is not a vote count; most people never put one up

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:o3:1
# text = A street of signs is not a vote count; most people never put one up
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | a street of signs | a vote count |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **put up** | past | most people | one |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent one=Goal |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Signs count as real votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t1:o4:1
# text = Signs count as real votes
1	Signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Signs |  |  |  |  | as real votes | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as vote=Attribute |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Debates and rows on chat shows, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/e4/)
- next →: [Adverts, slogans and polls, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/t2/)
- ↑ back to [Adverts, slogans and polls](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/)