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title: Your cousin, being a bit sus (suspicious), says a pop star got "VIP… — Who can vote, and why children cannot · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin, being a bit sus (suspicious), says a pop star got "VIP votes" in an election. Is that how it works? Test 9 · ★ 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;
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# Test 9 · ★ · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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Your cousin, being a bit sus (suspicious), says a pop star got "VIP votes" in an election. Is that how it works?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, pop star, star · **What happens:** be, say, get · **To what, where:** bit sus, VIP votes, election · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin, being a bit sus (suspicious), says a pop star got "VIP votes" in an election.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:1
# text = Your cousin, being a bit sus (suspicious), says a pop star got "VIP votes" in an election.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	VIP	vip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | a bit sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** | past | a pop star | VIP votes |  | a election |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

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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:* Is that how it works?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:2
# text = Is that how it works?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, famous people get ten votes each, by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, famous people get ten votes each, by law
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | famous people | ten votes  each |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only famous singers, not famous actors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only famous singers, not famous actors
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it's one person, one vote, famous or not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:o3:1
# text = No, it's one person, one vote, famous or not
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | one person and one vote |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, famous people are not allowed to vote at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:t9:o4:1
# text = No, famous people are not allowed to vote at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | famous people |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | famous people *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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