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title: Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this… — UK elections and the prime minister, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space". What is fair about polls? Test 8 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 8 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space". What is fair about polls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, Reform, uncle · **What happens:** say, not win, watch, be · **To what, where:** space · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:1
# text = Ruby's gran says Reform will "never win"; her uncle says "watch this space".
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Reform	Reform	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby's gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **win** *in a quote* | future | Reform |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Reform's uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | this space |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |

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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 is fair about polls?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:2
# text = What is fair about polls?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about polls; fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Polls are always wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:o1:1
# text = Polls are always wrong
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Polls |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gran's guess is a poll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:o2:1
# text = Gran's guess is a poll
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gran's guess | a poll |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guess** |  | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | nom guess «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Polls are the final result

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:o3:1
# text = Polls are the final result
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Polls | the final result |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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A poll is a snapshot of today, not the final score

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:t8:o4:1
# text = A poll is a snapshot of today, not the final score
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snapshot	snapshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	score	score	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** | present | a poll | a snapshot and the final score |  |  | today |  | tree rules |

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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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