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title: "skibidi, the PM's gonna build our new playground!" says a little br… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: "skibidi, the PM's gonna build our new playground!" says a little brother. What is the better version? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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"skibidi, the PM's gonna build our new playground!" says a little brother. What is the better version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gonna, little brother, better version · **What happens:** build, say, be · **To what, where:** new playground · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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/40-putting-it-together/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "skibidi, the PM's gonna build our new playground!" says a little brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:1
# text = "skibidi, the PM's gonna build our new playground!" says a little brother.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	skibidi	skibidi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | present | the PM's gonna | our new playground |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset playground=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 is the better version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:2
# text = What is the better version?
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	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 better version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The army builds all playgrounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:o1:1
# text = The army builds all playgrounds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	playgrounds	playground	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | the army | all playgrounds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset playground=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody decides, playgrounds just appear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:o2:1
# text = Nobody decides, playgrounds just appear
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	playgrounds	playground	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **appear** | present | playgrounds |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the Prime Minister picks every playground in the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, the Prime Minister picks every playground in the country
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
5	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present | the Prime Minister | every playground |  | the country |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playground=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Local councils or school boards usually decide that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t1:o4:1
# text = Local councils or school boards usually decide that
1	Local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	councils	council	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Local councils or school boards | that |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

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