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title: "Howay man, seven weeks as PM? That cannot be right!" says a Geordie… — UK elections and the prime minister, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Howay man, seven weeks as PM? That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on). What does the record show about Liz Truss? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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"Howay man, seven weeks as PM? That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on). What does the record show about Liz Truss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, record · **What happens:** not be, say, come on, show · **To what, where:** Geordie uncle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Howay man, seven weeks as PM?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:1
# text = "Howay man, seven weeks as PM?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:2
# text = That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on).
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Geordie	Geordie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	howay	howay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	15	punct	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	appos	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | That |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | a Geordie uncle |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent uncle=Topic |
| 3 | **come on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What does the record show about Liz Truss?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:3
# text = What does the record show about Liz Truss?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Liz	Liz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Truss	Truss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | the record |  |  |  |  | about Liz Truss | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about truss=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She stayed ten years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:o1:1
# text = She stayed ten years
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | She |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She resigned after about 50 days, the shortest of any UK prime minister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:o2:1
# text = She resigned after about 50 days, the shortest of any UK prime minister
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resigned	resign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shortest	short	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
12	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resign** | past | She |  |  |  | day |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She never became prime minister, as she lost the vote of her own party's members to Sunak

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:o3:1
# text = She never became prime minister, as she lost the vote of her own party's members to Sunak
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Sunak	Sunak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **become** | past | She | prime minister |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | past | she | the vote of her own party's members | Sunak |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality |
| 3 | **vote** |  |  | her own party's members |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was removed by the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t4:o4:1
# text = She was removed by the King
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive | the King | She |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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