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# Test 4 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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In Sydney, Kai's dad says, "Yeah nah, I'm not voting this time." ("Yeah nah" means no.) What could happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, no. · **What happens:** say, not vote, mean, happen · **To what, where:** Sydney, no. · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Sydney, Kai's dad says, "Yeah nah, I'm not voting this time."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:1
# text = In Sydney, Kai's dad says, "Yeah nah, I'm not voting this time."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	voting	vote	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kai's dad |  |  | Sydney |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **vote** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Kai's dad *= dad* |  |  |  | time |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «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:* ("Yeah nah" means no.) What could happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:2
# text = ("Yeah nah" means no.) What could happen?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
4	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no.	no.	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  | no. |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no.=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | could | no. |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Someone else would vote for him by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:o1:1
# text = Someone else would vote for him by law
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | would | Someone |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* *goal*; by law | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for he=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, voting in Australia is just for fun and nobody checks at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:o2:1
# text = Nothing, voting in Australia is just for fun and nobody checks at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	voting	vote	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | gerund |  |  |  | Australia |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | for fun | tree rules |
| 3 | **check** | present | nobody |  |  | all |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He could get a small fine, because voting is compulsory in Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:o3:1
# text = He could get a small fine, because voting is compulsory in Australia
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | could | He | a small fine |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | voting |  |  | Australia |  | compulsory *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He would go straight to prison for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t4:o4:1
# text = He would go straight to prison for life
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would | He |  |  | prison |  | for life | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial\_Location |

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