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title: A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's… — Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!" ("fixin' to" means about to.) What did he forget? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

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A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!" ("fixin' to" means about to.) What did he forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, our, fixin, Georgia · **What happens:** pass, be, bill, mean, forget · **To what, where:** bill, law

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:1
# text = A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Fixin	Fixin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
21	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** *in a quote* | past | a kid in Georgia | our bill |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bill=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | law |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bill** *in a quote* |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=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:* ("fixin' to" means about to.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:2
# text = ("fixin' to" means about to.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	fixin	fixin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | fixin |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What did he forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:3
# text = What did he forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | Georgia |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Senate must pass it and the president sign it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:o1:1
# text = The Senate must pass it and the president sign it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | must | the Senate | it |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sign** | infinitive | the president | Senate |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; the House makes laws on its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing; the House makes laws on its own
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the House | laws |  | House's own |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Supreme Court must write it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:o3:1
# text = The Supreme Court must write it first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Supreme	Supreme	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | must | the Supreme Court | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The King must sign it in London

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides:t9:o4:1
# text = The King must sign it in London
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | must | the King | it |  | London |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

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