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title: A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting… — Who can vote, and why children cannot · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time." What's the best reply? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 11 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time." What's the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, We, best reply · **What happens:** say, not vote, waste, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» 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/3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:1
# text = A girl in a youth parliament says, "We can't vote, so we're wasting our time."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	wasting	waste	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
19	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl in a youth parliament |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **vote** *in a quote* | can | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **waste** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we |  |  |  | time |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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's the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:2
# text = What's the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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You can still speak for young people and talk to the adults who decide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:o1:1
# text = You can still speak for young people and talk to the adults who decide
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | can | You |  |  |  | still | for young people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the adults | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **decide** | present | the adults |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is right, nobody listens to anyone under 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:o2:1
# text = She is right, nobody listens to anyone under 18
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anyone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Young people can vote in real elections as long as they are members of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:o3:1
# text = Young people can vote in real elections as long as they are members of it
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | can | Young people |  |  | real elections |  | long *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | people |  |  |  |  | as members; of it | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Youth parliaments choose the prime minister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t11:o4:1
# text = Youth parliaments choose the prime minister
1	Youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	parliaments	parliament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | Youth parliaments | the prime minister |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme |

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