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title: «Labour won a massive majority so like everyone voted for them» What… — UK elections and the prime minister, a… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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«Labour won a massive majority so like everyone voted for them» What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Labour · **What happens:** win, vote, be · **To what, where:** massive majority · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t7:1
# text = «Labour won a massive majority so like everyone voted for them» What is wrong?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Labour	Labour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
10	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Labour | a massive majority |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** *in a quote* | past | Labour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like everyone; for them *= they* *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for they=Goal |
| 3 | **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 {#o1}

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Labour got fewer seats than votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t7:o1:1
# text = Labour got fewer seats than votes
1	Labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Labour | fewer seats |  |  |  | than votes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every voter chose Labour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t7:o2:1
# text = Every voter chose Labour
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	voter	voter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Labour	Labour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | every voter | Labour |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labour=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Tories won more votes than Labour, but the Speaker gave Labour the extra seats instead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t7:o3:1
# text = The Tories won more votes than Labour, but the Speaker gave Labour the extra seats instead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tories	tory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Labour	Labour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Speaker	Speaker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	Labour	Labour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
17	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | the Tories | more votes |  |  |  | than Labour; instead *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality |
| 2 | **give** | past | the Speaker | the extra seats | Labour |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent labour=Recipient seat=Theme |

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

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Labour won about a third of the votes; first past the post turned that into lots of seats

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t7:o4:1
# text = Labour won about a third of the votes; first past the post turned that into lots of seats
1	Labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	obj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Labour | a third of the votes |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the post | that |  | lots of seats |  | first *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent that=Theme into lot=Trajectory |

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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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