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title: "just promise free Maccies every day, it's got mad rizz, everyone'll… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics
description: "just promise free Maccies every day, it's got mad rizz, everyone'll vote for ya" — what is the best reply? Test 1 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 1 · School councils and class reps

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"just promise free Maccies every day, it's got mad rizz, everyone'll vote for ya" — what is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it, everyone, best reply · **What happens:** promise, get, vote, be · **To what, where:** free Maccies, mad rizz · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» 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/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t1:1
# text = "just promise free Maccies every day, it's got mad rizz, everyone'll vote for ya" — what is the best reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Maccies	maccy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	rizz	rizz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ya	ya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
21	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	ccomp	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	amod	_	_
26	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | free Maccies |  |  | day |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent maccy=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | it | mad rizz |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rizz=Stimulus |
| 3 | **vote** *in a quote* | future | everyone |  |  |  |  | for ya *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for ya=Goal |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Promise even more food to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t1:o1:1
# text = Promise even more food to be safe
1	Promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | imperative | you *not said here* | more food |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Great idea, big promises always work, and nobody checks them after the vote

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t1:o2:1
# text = Great idea, big promises always work, and nobody checks them after the vote
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Great idea |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **check** | present | nobody | promises *= promise* |  |  | after the vote |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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Only promise what you can really try to do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t1:o3:1
# text = Only promise what you can really try to do
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **try** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Promises don't matter after you win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t1:o4:1
# text = Promises don't matter after you win
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Promises |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **win** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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