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title: A Welsh kid says, "I'm 16 and I'm proper tamping I can't vote in the… — Who can vote, and why children cannot · tree and pragmatics
description: A Welsh kid says, "I'm 16 and I'm proper tamping I can't vote in the general election!" ("Tamping" means furious.) What is true? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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A Welsh kid says, "I'm 16 and I'm proper tamping I can't vote in the general election!" ("Tamping" means furious.) What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Welsh kid, Tamping · **What happens:** say, be, not vote, mean · **To what, where:** 16, proper tamping, general election · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Welsh kid says, "I'm 16 and I'm proper tamping I can't vote in the general election!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:1
# text = A Welsh kid says, "I'm 16 and I'm proper tamping I can't vote in the general election!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a Welsh kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a Welsh kid *= kid* | 16 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a Welsh kid *= kid* | proper tamping |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **vote** *in a quote* | can | a Welsh kid *= kid* | proper tamping *not said here* |  | the general election |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tamping=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:* ("Tamping" means furious.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:2
# text = ("Tamping" means furious.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Tamping |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:3
# text = What is true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She cannot vote in anything until she is 21

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:o1:1
# text = She cannot vote in anything until she is 21
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **vote** | can | She |  |  | anything |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | 21 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In Wales she can vote at 16 in Welsh elections, but UK general elections have used 18

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:o2:1
# text = In Wales she can vote at 16 in Welsh elections, but UK general elections have used 18
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
14	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
18	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | can | Wales |  |  | Wales |  | at 16; in Welsh elections | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | present · perfect · passive |  | UK general elections |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody in Wales is allowed to vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:o3:1
# text = Nobody in Wales is allowed to vote
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Nobody |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She can vote in every election in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t2:o4:1
# text = She can vote in every election in the world
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | can | She |  |  | every election |  | in the world | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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