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description: Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries. What do others worry about? Test 11 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 choi
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# Test 11 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

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Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries. What do others worry about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people, mocking, others · **What happens:** say, mock, be, worry · **To what, where:** leaders, proud tradition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:1
# text = Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
5	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mock** | gerund |  | leaders |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | mocking | a proud tradition |  |  |  | of free countries | 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 do others worry about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:2
# text = What do others worry about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present · do-support | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Constant mocking makes people stop respecting the job, not just the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:o1:1
# text = Constant mocking makes people stop respecting the job, not just the person
1	Constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	respecting	respect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Constant mocking | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **respect** | gerund | people *not said here* | the job |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mocking is never allowed anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:o2:1
# text = Mocking is never allowed anywhere
1	Mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Mocking |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jokes make leaders too powerful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:o3:1
# text = Jokes make leaders too powerful
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Jokes | leaders |  |  |  | powerful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset leader=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Comedians are secretly paid by the leaders they mock, so the jokes are all adverts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t11:o4:1
# text = Comedians are secretly paid by the leaders they mock, so the jokes are all adverts
1	Comedians	comedian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	mock	mock	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the leaders | Comedians |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
| 2 | **mock** | present | Comedians *= comedian* | the leaders *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the jokes | adverts |  |  |  | all *property* | 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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