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title: Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!" ("d… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

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Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!" ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.) What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, that, delulu · **What happens:** get, be, mean, hope, not happen · **To what, where:** 9 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:1
# text = Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!"
1	Delulu	Delulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obj	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | 9 of the 20 votes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 9=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | than half; more *property* | tree rules |

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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:* ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:2
# text = ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
9	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | delulu |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:3
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing; anything close to 10 counts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing; anything close to 10 counts
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	conj	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	counts	count	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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More than half of 20 is at least 11, so 9 falls short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:o2:1
# text = More than half of 20 is at least 11, so 9 falls short
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	nmod	_	_
9	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | half of 20 | 11 |  | least |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | 9 falls |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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More than half of 20 is exactly 10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:o3:1
# text = More than half of 20 is exactly 10
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | half of 20 | 10 |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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9 really is more than half of 20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t8:o4:1
# text = 9 really is more than half of 20
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | than half of 20; more *property* | tree rules |

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