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title: In Ohio: "Tax on pop? That's dumb," says Dad. "It's smart," says Mom… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Ohio: "Tax on pop? That's dumb," says Dad. "It's smart," says Mom. Which reply ate? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 each option; Mova
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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In Ohio: "Tax on pop? That's dumb," says Dad. "It's smart," says Mom. Which reply ate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, Dad, pop, Mom, reply · **What happens:** be, say, eat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Ohio: "Tax on pop?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:1
# text = In Ohio: "Tax on pop?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* That's dumb," says Dad. "

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:2
# text = That's dumb," says Dad. "
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* It's smart," says Mom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:3
# text = It's smart," says Mom.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Mom	Mom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | pop |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mom |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Which reply ate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:4
# text = Which reply ate?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | which reply |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Saying the tax is about popcorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:o1:1
# text = Saying the tax is about popcorn
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the tax |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tax=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saying |  |  |  |  | about popcorn | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Agreeing with whoever is louder, because they must feel it more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:o2:1
# text = Agreeing with whoever is louder, because they must feel it more
1	Agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with whoever | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whoever=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | must | they | it |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Explaining each side's best reason without taking one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:o3:1
# text = Explaining each side's best reason without taking one
1	Explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | each side's best reason |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Saying both of them are dumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t3:o4:1
# text = Saying both of them are dumb
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | both |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent both=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saying |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |

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