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title: "Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin.… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: "Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin. What is the best answer? Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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"Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin. What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nobody, cousin, best answer · **What happens:** ask, say, be · **To what, where:** rubbish innit, cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:1
# text = "Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | Nobody | the poll's rubbish innit | Fatima's cousin *= cousin* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Fatima's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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:* What is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:2
# text = What is the best answer?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	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 best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Polls must ask every single person in the country, or the result does not count at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:o1:1
# text = Polls must ask every single person in the country, or the result does not count at all
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | Polls |  | every single person | the country |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | the result |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polls are made up without asking anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:o2:1
# text = Polls are made up without asking anyone
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present · passive |  | Polls |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Polls only ask politicians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:o3:1
# text = Polls only ask politicians
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Polls | politicians |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent politician=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Polls ask a smaller group picked to look like the whole country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t5:o4:1
# text = Polls ask a smaller group picked to look like the whole country
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Polls | a smaller group |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent group=Recipient |
| 2 | **pick** | participle |  | a smaller group *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | like the whole country | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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