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description: «three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of). What happened? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, as reported» 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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«three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of). What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** bare chaos innit

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, 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/17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:1
# text = «three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	PMs	pm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
16	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	17	punct	_	_
17	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | bare chaos innit |  |  |  |  | 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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Boris Johnson stepped down, then Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:o1:1
# text = Boris Johnson stepped down, then Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak
1	Boris	Boris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Johnson	Johnson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	Liz	Liz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Truss	Truss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	Rishi	Rishi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	Sunak	Sunak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step down** | past | Boris | Liz Truss |  |  |  | Rishi *obl* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three elections were held in one year, and a different party won each time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:o2:1
# text = Three elections were held in one year, and a different party won each time
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past · passive |  | Three elections |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | past | a different party |  |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three parties shared the job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:o3:1
# text = Three parties shared the job
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | Three parties | the job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King changed the rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t3:o4:1
# text = The King changed the rules
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | the King | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

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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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