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title: An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, hea… — The King, the courts and the rules abo… · tree and pragmatics
description: An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, heaps of people said no." Why did many say no? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

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An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, heaps of people said no." Why did many say no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aussie mate, We, heaps, many · **What happens:** say, have, ditch · **To what, where:** vote, 99, King, no. · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» 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/7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:t6:1
# text = An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, heaps of people said no." Why did many say no?
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mate	mate	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
14	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	ditching	ditch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
22	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
23	no.	no.	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	_
25	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	_
26	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	nsubj	_	_
28	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	_
29	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	28	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Aussie mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | We | a vote |  | 99 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |
| 3 | **ditch** *in a quote* | gerund | We *not said here* | the King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | heaps of people | no. |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | many |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because the King promised them a holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:t6:o1:1
# text = Because the King promised them a holiday
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the King | a holiday | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal holiday=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Partly because they could not agree how a president should be chosen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:t6:o2:1
# text = Partly because they could not agree how a president should be chosen
1	Partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | could | they |  |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **choose** | should · passive |  | a president |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because nobody in Australia really understood the question on the paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:t6:o3:1
# text = Because nobody in Australia really understood the question on the paper
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past | nobody | the question |  | the paper |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because voting in 1999 was not allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:t6:o4:1
# text = Because voting in 1999 was not allowed
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	1999	1999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive |  | voting in 1999 |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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