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description: An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!" What is the rule? Test 4 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street

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An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!" What is the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** American grandpa, president, they, grandpa, rule · **What happens:** say, be, let, go round · **To what, where:** grandpa, three · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:1
# text = An American grandpa says, "That president was rad, they should let him go round three!"
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	rad	rad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	round	round	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a American grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that president |  |  |  |  | rad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | should | they | grandpa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go round** *in a quote* | infinitive | grandpa *not said here* | three |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location three=Theme |

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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 rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:2
# text = What is the rule?
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	rule	rule	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 rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A US president can only be elected twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:o1:1
# text = A US president can only be elected twice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | can · passive |  | a US president |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only grandpas can vote for a third term

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:o2:1
# text = Only grandpas can vote for a third term
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	grandpas	grandpa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | can | grandpas |  |  |  |  | for a third term *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for term=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A president must stand down after one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:o3:1
# text = A president must stand down after one year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand down** | must | a president |  |  |  | year |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A president can be elected as many times as voters like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:t4:o4:1
# text = A president can be elected as many times as voters like
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | can · passive | voters | a president |  |  | time |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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