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description: A politician posts a meme mocking herself with "Fair enough!" What is worth remembering? Test 10 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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 wron
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# Test 10 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

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A politician posts a meme mocking herself with "Fair enough!" What is worth remembering?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** politician, meme · **What happens:** post, mock, be, remember · **To what, where:** meme, politician

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This is test 10 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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/13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A politician posts a meme mocking herself with "Fair enough!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:1
# text = A politician posts a meme mocking herself with "Fair enough!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	politician	politician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	posts	post	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meme	meme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | present | a politician | a meme |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=Theme |
| 2 | **mock** | gerund | a meme *not said here* | politician |  |  |  | with Fair | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme |

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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 worth remembering?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:2
# text = What is worth remembering?
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	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Politicians cannot make jokes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:o1:1
# text = Politicians cannot make jokes
1	Politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | can | Politicians | jokes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means she will quit politics and become a comedian on the telly instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:o2:1
# text = It means she will quit politics and become a comedian on the telly instead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	quit	quit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	politics	politics	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	comedian	comedian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **quit** | future | she | politics |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent politics=Source |
| 3 | **become** | infinitive | she *not said here* | a comedian on the telly |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her team had nothing to do with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:o3:1
# text = Her team had nothing to do with it
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Her team | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Her team *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with team | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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A joke from a politician is still part of her campaign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t10:o4:1
# text = A joke from a politician is still part of her campaign
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	politician	politician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	campaign	campaign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a joke from a politician | part |  |  | still | of her campaign | tree rules |
| 2 | **campaign** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom campaign «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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