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title: Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!" (wicked = very, in Ne… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!" (wicked = very, in New England). The news reader says far fewer. What is true? Test 9 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; 
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# Test 9 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!" (wicked = very, in New England). The news reader says far fewer. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Unc, news reader · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** 100,000, fewer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:1
# text = Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!"
1	Unc	Unc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	100,000	100000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Unc |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |  | 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:* (wicked = very, in New England).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:2
# text = (wicked = very, in New England).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* The news reader says far fewer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:3
# text = The news reader says far fewer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the news reader | fewer |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent few=Topic |

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*Sentence 4:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:4
# text = What is true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The biggest number said is always right, because the people who were there saw it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:o1:1
# text = The biggest number said is always right, because the people who were there saw it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the biggest number *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the biggest number |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | past | the people | number |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The news reader counted each person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:o2:1
# text = The news reader counted each person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | participle | the news reader | each person |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crowds are measured by the loudest chant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:o3:1
# text = Crowds are measured by the loudest chant
1	Crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	chant	chant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present · passive | the loudest chant | Crowds |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme subject=Value |

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

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Crowd sizes are hard to count and often argued about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t9:o4:1
# text = Crowd sizes are hard to count and often argued about
1	Crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	argued	argue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Crowd sizes |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | to-infinitive | Crowd sizes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | participle | Crowd sizes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about, often *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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