--- title: Whereas a candidate leads by fourteen votes to ten with eight ballot… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a candidate leads by fourteen votes to ten with eight ballots yet to be counted, identify the least number of the remaining ballots the leader must receive to be assured of victory. 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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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e2:1 # text = Whereas a candidate leads by fourteen votes to ten with eight ballots yet to be counted, identify the least number of the remaining ballots the leader must receive to be assured of victory. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 candidate candidate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 votes vote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 ballots ballot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 13 yet yet ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 nmod _ _ 24 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ballots ballot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | a candidate | | | | | by fourteen votes to ten; with eight ballots | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by vote=Destination | | 2 | **count** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | yet | | vn matter-91 «NP V» | | 3 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the least number of the | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ballot** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** | must | the leader | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **assure** | to-infinitive · passive | the leader *not said here* | | | | | of victory | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP PP.topic»: of victory=Topic | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e2:o1:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e2:o2:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e2:o3:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:e2:o4:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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