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title: It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, wh… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively. Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half. Exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of 
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

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It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively. Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** thirty electors, three candidates, you · **What happens:** give, cast, receive, determine · **To what, where:** It, votes, twelve votes, minimum number

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:1
# text = It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	electors	elector	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	candidates	candidate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
20	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
21	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cast** | past | thirty electors | votes |  |  |  | for three candidates | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vote=Product for candidate=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **receive** | present | three candidates | twelve votes |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=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:* Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:2
# text = Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	requisite	requisite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the minimum number of votes requisite for half |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Sixteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:o1:1
# text = Sixteen
1	Sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fifteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:o2:1
# text = Fifteen
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:o3:1
# text = Eleven
1	Eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e1:o4:1
# text = Twelve
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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