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description: A pal from Newcastle asks, "Hoo can the PM be the boss and still be wor local MP?" ("Hoo" means how; "wor" means our.) What is the answer? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 10 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street

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A pal from Newcastle asks, "Hoo can the PM be the boss and still be wor local MP?" ("Hoo" means how; "wor" means our.) What is the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pal, Hoo, wor, answer · **What happens:** ask, be, mean · **To what, where:** boss, wor local MP, our · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» 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/5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pal from Newcastle asks, "Hoo can the PM be the boss and still be wor local MP?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:1
# text = A pal from Newcastle asks, "Hoo can the PM be the boss and still be wor local MP?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Hoo	hoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
18	wor	wor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	MP	mp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a pal from Newcastle |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | can | Hoo | the boss and wor local MP |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | Hoo *not said here* | wor local MP |  |  | still |  | 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:* ("Hoo" means how; "wor" means our.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:2
# text = ("Hoo" means how; "wor" means our.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Hoo	hoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	wor	wor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hoo |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | wor | our |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent our=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:3
# text = What is the 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	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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In the UK the prime minister is also an MP who must win a local seat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:o1:1
# text = In the UK the prime minister is also an MP who must win a local seat
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	MP	mp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the prime minister | a MP |  | the UK |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | must | a MP | a local seat |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prime ministers are never elected anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:o2:1
# text = Prime ministers are never elected anywhere
1	Prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **elect** | present · passive |  | Prime ministers |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only US presidents represent a local area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:o3:1
# text = Only US presidents represent a local area
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	presidents	president	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	represent	represent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | present | US presidents | a local area |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot area=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They give up being an MP as soon as they become PM

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t10:o4:1
# text = They give up being an MP as soon as they become PM
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	MP	mp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | present | They |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | They *not said here* | a MP |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | present | they | PM |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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