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title: In Toronto: "Survey? Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicke… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics
description: In Toronto: "Survey? Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker." What is the problem? Test 11 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 was wrong.
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# Test 11 · School councils and class reps

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In Toronto: "Survey? Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker." What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, problem · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** five loudest kids

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Toronto: "Survey?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:1
# text = In Toronto: "Survey?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:2
# text = Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker."
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the five loudest kids |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:3
# text = What is the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The five loudest always know what everyone thinks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:o1:1
# text = The five loudest always know what everyone thinks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quiet kids do not care about uniforms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:o2:1
# text = Quiet kids do not care about uniforms
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	uniforms	uniform	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | Quiet kids |  |  |  |  | about uniforms | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about uniform=Stimulus |

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

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Asking only the loud ones misses the quiet voices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:o3:1
# text = Asking only the loud ones misses the quiet voices
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the loud ones |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |
| 2 | **miss** | present | Asking | the quiet voices |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Surveys are against school rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t11:o4:1
# text = Surveys are against school rules
1	Surveys	survey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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