--- title: Chloe's parents vote for different parties. "How do you stay married… — Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: s… · tree and pragmatics description: Chloe's parents vote for different parties. "How do you stay married?" What is the answer? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends Chloe's parents vote for different parties. "How do you stay married?" What is the answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, you, answer · **What happens:** vote, stay, marry, be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» 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/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Chloe's parents vote for different parties. " ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:1 # text = Chloe's parents vote for different parties. " 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 vote vote VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** | present | Chloe's parents | | | | | for different parties *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for party=Goal | 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. *Sentence 2:* How do you stay married?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:2 # text = How do you stay married?" 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | *Sentence 3:* What is the answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:3 # text = What is the answer? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They argue every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:o1:1 # text = They argue every day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | They | | | | day | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} One of them secretly votes the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:o2:1 # text = One of them secretly votes the same 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 votes vote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** | present | One of them | the same | | | | secretly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They talk, listen and sometimes agree to disagree ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:o3:1 # text = They talk, listen and sometimes agree to disagree 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 disagree disagree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | They | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **listen** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | They *not said here* | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **disagree** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They never talk about anything at all, not even dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:t9:o4:1 # text = They never talk about anything at all, not even dinner 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **talk** | present | They | dinner | | | | about anything | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic | **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. 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