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title: "That cartoon with two cats, it's giving primary school" (it's givin… — Memes, clips and jokes about politicians · tree and pragmatics
description: "That cartoon with two cats, it's giving primary school" (it's giving = it looks like). Grandad says it is about two leaders arguing. What is a political cartoon? Test 6 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 6 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

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"That cartoon with two cats, it's giving primary school" (it's giving = it looks like). Grandad says it is about two leaders arguing. What is a political cartoon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, Grandad, two leaders, political cartoon · **What happens:** give, look, say, be, argue · **To what, where:** primary school, two leaders · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "That cartoon with two cats, it's giving primary school" (it's giving = it looks like).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:1
# text = "That cartoon with two cats, it's giving primary school" (it's giving = it looks like).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	primary	primary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
18	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
21	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that cartoon with two cats | primary school |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present · progressive | cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | present | cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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:* Grandad says it is about two leaders arguing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:2
# text = Grandad says it is about two leaders arguing.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
8	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | cartoon | two leaders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | two leaders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is a political cartoon?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:3
# text = What is a political cartoon?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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An opinion about the news told with drawings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:o1:1
# text = An opinion about the news told with drawings
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | a opinion about the news *not said here* |  |  |  | with drawings | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A photo of real cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:o2:1
# text = A photo of real cats
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fact check in pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:o3:1
# text = A fact check in pictures
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A children's story about cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t6:o4:1
# text = A children's story about cats
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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