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title: "Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbis… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: "Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish). What is fair to say? Test 7 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 7 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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"Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish). What is fair to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Polls · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:1
# text = "Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	pants	pants	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	pants	pants	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	appos	_	_
17	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	18	punct	_	_
18	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Polls |  |  |  | time | off, well *property* | tree rules |

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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 fair to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:2
# text = What is fair to say?
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	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Polls are a snapshot of today and can miss, but are usually a fair guess

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:o1:1
# text = Polls are a snapshot of today and can miss, but are usually a fair guess
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snapshot	snapshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Polls | a snapshot but a fair guess |  |  | today |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **miss** | can | Polls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Polls *not said here* | a fair guess |  |  |  | usually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polls decide the election

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:o2:1
# text = Polls decide the election
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Polls | the election |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent election=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Polls are never close to the result

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:o3:1
# text = Polls are never close to the result
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Polls |  |  |  |  | to the result; close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Polls are always exactly right, so last time the voters must have changed their minds on purpose

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t7:o4:1
# text = Polls are always exactly right, so last time the voters must have changed their minds on purpose
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
14	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Polls |  |  |  |  | always, exactly, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | must · perfect | last time and the voters | Polls's minds |  | purpose |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 3 | **mind** |  | Polls *= poll* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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