--- title: The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics description: The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" Is he right? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★ The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** head, member council, we, out · **What happens:** veto, overrule, plan, be, win · **To what, where:** plan, head, three rule This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:1 # text = The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 vetoes veto VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 overrule overrule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **veto** | present | the head | the member council's plan | | | | 5 vote *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **overrule** | to-infinitive | the head *not said here* | head | | the three rule | | | tree rules | | 3 | **plan** | | the member council | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:2 # text = Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" 1 Rory Rory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | than half | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:3 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | out | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, because 5 is two out of every three of 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, because 5 is two out of every three of 9 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | 5 two | | every three of 9 | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, more than half is always enough to overrule ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, more than half is always enough to overrule 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 5 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 overrule overrule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | half | | | | | always, enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **overrule** | to-infinitive | half *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, because nothing can ever overrule a head ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:o3:1 # text = No, because nothing can ever overrule a head 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 overrule overrule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overrule** | can | nothing | a head | | | ever | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, they needed 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t12:o4:1 # text = No, they needed 6 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | they | 6 | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot 6=Theme | **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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