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title: Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27."… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27." How close was it really? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

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Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27." How close was it really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cousin, rep · **What happens:** lose, be · **To what, where:** class rep

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:1
# text = Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27."
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rep	rep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	teeny	teeny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | Cousin and Kai texts *not said here* | class rep |  |  |  | by a teeny bit like 3 27 | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rep=Eventuality |

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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:* How close was it really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:2
# text = How close was it really?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | rep |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Close, he only needed 3 more votes to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:o1:1
# text = Close, he only needed 3 more votes to win
1	Close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | he | 3 more votes |  |  |  | close *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Not close: the winner got nine times as many votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:o2:1
# text = Not close: the winner got nine times as many votes
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **close** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | the winner | many votes |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tie, so they must hold the vote again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:o3:1
# text = A tie, so they must hold the vote again
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tie	tie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | must | they | the vote |  |  | again |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Very close, as close as a vote can get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t2:o4:1
# text = Very close, as close as a vote can get
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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