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title: At a sleepover your mate goes, "my fam's left so we're all left-hand… — Parties: teams with ideas · tree and pragmatics
description: At a sleepover your mate goes, "my fam's left so we're all left-handed, obvi." What's the truth? Test 1 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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 1 · Parties: teams with ideas

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At a sleepover your mate goes, "my fam's left so we're all left-handed, obvi." What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, truth · **What happens:** go, leave, hand obvi, be · **To what, where:** sleepover, fam, we

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This is test 1 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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/4-parties-teams-with-ideas/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a sleepover your mate goes, "my fam's left so we're all left-handed, obvi."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:1
# text = At a sleepover your mate goes, "my fam's left so we're all left-handed, obvi."
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | your mate |  |  | a sleepover |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at sleepover=Location |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | my fam |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **hand obvi** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | all *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	truth	truth	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 truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She's right, but only on Tuesdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:o1:1
# text = She's right, but only on Tuesdays
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Left and right in politics are about ideas, not hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:o2:1
# text = Left and right in politics are about ideas, not hands
1	Left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	csubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	politics	politics	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about ideas and hands | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Left and right are about where people sit in the family car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:o3:1
# text = Left and right are about where people sit in the family car
1	Left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	aux:pass	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **sit** | present | people |  |  | the family car |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She's right, left-wing people are all left-handed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t1:o4:1
# text = She's right, left-wing people are all left-handed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | left wing *obl*; right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | people | left wing *not said here* |  |  |  | all, left *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hand** | participle |  | left wing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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