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description: Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open." What kind of mayor job is this? Test 6 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 6 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools

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Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open." What kind of mayor job is this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, Worship, His, this · **What happens:** say, declare, worship, be · **To what, where:** playground, kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» 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/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:1
# text = Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | shall | His Worship | the playground |  |  |  | open *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playground=Attribute |
| 3 | **worship** *in a quote* |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom worship «act intransitive»: 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:* What kind of mayor job is this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:2
# text = What kind of mayor job is this?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | what kind |  |  |  | of mayor job | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Counting votes in a general election

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:o1:1
# text = Counting votes in a general election
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | votes |  | a general election |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running the national army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:o2:1
# text = Running the national army
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  | the national army |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme army=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Choosing the next prime minister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:o3:1
# text = Choosing the next prime minister
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund |  | the next prime minister |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A ceremonial duty, like cutting a ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools:t6:o4:1
# text = A ceremonial duty, like cutting a ribbon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ceremonial	ceremonial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | a ribbon |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ribbon=Product |

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