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title: A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh? Wha… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh? What matters most to ya?" What can Dad do? Test 8 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 
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# Test 8 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh? What matters most to ya?" What can Dad do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** volunteer, Dad · **What happens:** knock, get, matter, do · **To what, where:** Winnipeg, sec, ya

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:1
# text = A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	volunteer	volunteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clipboard	clipboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Winnipeg	Winnipeg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sec	sec	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | present | a volunteer with a clipboard |  |  | Winnipeg |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in winnipeg=Location |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | a volunteer with a clipboard *not said here* | a sec |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sec=Stimulus |

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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 matters most to ya?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:2
# text = What matters most to ya?"
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present |  |  | ya |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to you=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* What can Dad do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:3
# text = What can Dad do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He must sign up to the party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:o1:1
# text = He must sign up to the party
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign up** | must | He |  |  |  |  | to the party | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must buy a leaflet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:o2:1
# text = He must buy a leaflet
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | must | He | a leaflet |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaflet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He must say who he will vote for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:o3:1
# text = He must say who he will vote for
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **vote** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Chat, or ask the volunteer a question back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t8:o4:1
# text = Chat, or ask the volunteer a question back
1	Chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	volunteer	volunteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Chat | the volunteer |  |  |  |  | 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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