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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

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Jake from Texas: "y'all, how'd the president win with fewer votes across the whole country??" What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** president, best answer · **What happens:** win, be · **To what, where:** whole country

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake from Texas: "y'all, how'd the president win with fewer votes across the whole country??"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:1
# text = Jake from Texas: "y'all, how'd the president win with fewer votes across the whole country??"
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | would | the president |  |  | the whole country |  | with fewer votes | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The votes from Texas were all thrown away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:o1:1
# text = The votes from Texas were all thrown away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | past · passive |  | the votes from Texas |  |  |  | all, away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Votes from red states count double everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:o2:1
# text = Votes from red states count double everywhere
1	Votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	double	double	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Votes from red states |  |  |  |  | double, everywhere *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The race is won state by state, so the national total can lose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:o3:1
# text = The race is won state by state, so the national total can lose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	total	total	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present · passive | state | the race |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary state=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | can | the national total |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It must be a mistake, since more votes in the country always win the race

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t3:o4:1
# text = It must be a mistake, since more votes in the country always win the race
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | It | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | present | more votes in the country | the race |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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