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# Test 6 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

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«Harris lost?? but Trump was already prez before, so that's not allowed fr» What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Harris, Trump · **What happens:** lose, be, not allow · **To what, where:** prez, that

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «US elections and the president, as reported» 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/16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:t6:1
# text = «Harris lost?? but Trump was already prez before, so that's not allowed fr» What is wrong?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Harris	Harris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	??	??	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	Trump	Trump	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	prez	prez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	before	before	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
17	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | Harris |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Trump | prez |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **allow** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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A president may serve two terms even with a gap between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:t6:o1:1
# text = A president may serve two terms even with a gap between them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | may | a president | two terms |  |  |  | with a gap between terms | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent term=Recipient with gap=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was never president before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:t6:o2:1
# text = He was never president before
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | He | president |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody can ever be president twice, so the result must have been a mistake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:t6:o3:1
# text = Nobody can ever be president twice, so the result must have been a mistake
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | Nobody | president and a mistake |  |  | ever | twice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | must · perfect | the result | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He served 2021 to 2025

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:t6:o4:1
# text = He served 2021 to 2025
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	2021	2021	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | He | 2021 | 2025 |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent 2021=Theme to 2025=Recipient |

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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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