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title: A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its o… — Parties: teams with ideas · tree and pragmatics
description: A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?" ("Ken" means you know.) What is she supporting? Test 2 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 op
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# Test 2 · Parties: teams with ideas

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A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?" ("Ken" means you know.) What is she supporting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Glaswegian gran, Ken, you · **What happens:** say, want, ken, mean, know, support · **To what, where:** Scotland runnin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:1
# text = A Glaswegian gran says, "Aye, the SNP, I want Scotland runnin' its own affairs, ken?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Glaswegian	glaswegian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	SNP	SNP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
14	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	runnin	runnin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	ken	ken	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a Glaswegian gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | a Glaswegian gran *= gran* | Scotland runnin |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent runnin=Theme affair=Attribute |
| 3 | **ken** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Ken" means you know.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:2
# text = ("Ken" means you know.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Ken	Ken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ken |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* What is she supporting?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:3
# text = What is she supporting?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | present · progressive | Ken |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A ban on Scottish elections

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:o1:1
# text = A ban on Scottish elections
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Scottish independence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:o2:1
# text = Scottish independence
1	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Higher bus fares in London

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:o3:1
# text = Higher bus fares in London
1	Higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fares	fare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scotland joining the USA

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t2:o4:1
# text = Scotland joining the USA
1	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | gerund | Scotland | the USA |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent usa=Patient |

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