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title: Ethan's dad in Kent: "Reform got one in seven votes but five seats,… — UK elections and the prime minister, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan's dad in Kent: "Reform got one in seven votes but five seats, that doesn't add up!" Why? Test 6 · ★ 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'
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# Test 6 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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Ethan's dad in Kent: "Reform got one in seven votes but five seats, that doesn't add up!" Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, that · **What happens:** get, not add up · **To what, where:** one, seven votes

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan's dad in Kent: "Reform got one in seven votes but five seats, that doesn't add up!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:1
# text = Ethan's dad in Kent: "Reform got one in seven votes but five seats, that doesn't add up!"
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kent	Kent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Reform	reform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	nsubj	_	_
19	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Ethan's dad in Kent | one |  | seven votes but five seats |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **add up** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Seats are given by age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:o1:1
# text = Seats are given by age
1	Seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive | age | Seats |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chose not to take seats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:o2:1
# text = They chose not to take seats
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **take** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | seats |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most of their votes were lost in the post and arrived after the count was over

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:o3:1
# text = Most of their votes were lost in the post and arrived after the count was over
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | Most of their votes |  | the post |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **arrive** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | after the count | over *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **vote** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
First past the post gives nothing to second place in each area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t6:o4:1
# text = First past the post gives nothing to second place in each area
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
2	past	past	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	compound	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | nothing second place |  | each area |  | past the post; first *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

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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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