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title: A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California… — Congress and Parliament: how a law is… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all." What's the truth? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

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A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all." What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, We, truth · **What happens:** boast, get, be · **To what, where:** two senators · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» 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/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:1
# text = A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	boasts	boast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	senators	senator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
17	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	just	just	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	as	as	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | a kid from Wyoming |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | We | two senators |  |  |  | like California | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer senator=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  | big *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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	truth	truth	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 truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Every state gets two senators whatever its size; the House gives more seats for more people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:o1:1
# text = Every state gets two senators whatever its size; the House gives more seats for more people
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	senators	senator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | every state | two senators |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the House | more seats |  |  |  | for more people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent seat=Theme for people=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Senators are given out by how big a state is on the map

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:o2:1
# text = Senators are given out by how big a state is on the map
1	Senators	senator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	case	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present · passive |  | Senators |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | give the map | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wyoming has more House members than California

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:o3:1
# text = Wyoming has more House members than California
1	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	House	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wyoming | more House members |  |  |  | than California | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wyoming has exactly as many people as California

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t4:o4:1
# text = Wyoming has exactly as many people as California
1	Wyoming	Wyoming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wyoming | many people |  |  |  | as California | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

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