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title: A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bost… — Parties: teams with ideas · tree and pragmatics
description: A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best." ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.) What is good about an independent? Test 8 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 8 · Parties: teams with ideas

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A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best." ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.) What is good about an independent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbour, Ar, bostin · **What happens:** say, know, mean, be · **To what, where:** area · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:1
# text = A neighbour from the Black Country says, "Ar, our independent's bostin', she knows our area best."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Ar	ar	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
13	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a neighbour from the Black Country |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | neighbour | our area |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer area=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:* ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:2
# text = ("Ar" means yes; "bostin'" means brilliant.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Ar	AR	NOUN	NN	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	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ar |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | bostin |  |  |  |  | brilliant *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is good about an independent?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:3
# text = What is good about an independent?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about a independent; good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They answer only to local voters, though they have no party team to help

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:o1:1
# text = They answer only to local voters, though they have no party team to help
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | They | local voters |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent voter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present | voters *= voter* | no party team |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They never have to listen to voters at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:o2:1
# text = They never have to listen to voters at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  | all |  | to voters | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voter=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They have the biggest party machine behind them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:o3:1
# text = They have the biggest party machine behind them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | the biggest party machine |  |  |  | behind them *= they* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They always win every vote in Parliament alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:t8:o4:1
# text = They always win every vote in Parliament alone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | They | every vote |  | Parliament |  | alone, always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality |

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