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title: A clever puzzle: in an Australian seat, Ana has 40 first votes, Ben… — Around the English-speaking world: Can… · tree and pragmatics
description: A clever puzzle: in an Australian seat, Ana has 40 first votes, Ben 35, Cal 25. Cal is knocked out and 20 of Cal's voters put Ben next, 5 put Ana. Who wins? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» of the politics course of Mova's primary 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…

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A clever puzzle: in an Australian seat, Ana has 40 first votes, Ben 35, Cal 25. Cal is knocked out and 20 of Cal's voters put Ben next, 5 put Ana. Who wins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clever puzzle, 20, 5 · **What happens:** have, knock out, put, win · **To what, where:** 40 first votes, Cal, Ben, Ana

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» 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/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A clever puzzle: in an Australian seat, Ana has 40 first votes, Ben 35, Cal 25.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:1
# text = A clever puzzle: in an Australian seat, Ana has 40 first votes, Ben 35, Cal 25.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	Cal	Cal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:unmarked	_	_
20	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a clever puzzle in a Australian seat | 40 first votes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |

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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:* Cal is knocked out and 20 of Cal's voters put Ben next, 5 put Ana.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:2
# text = Cal is knocked out and 20 of Cal's voters put Ben next, 5 put Ana.
1	Cal	Cal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Cal	Cal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	next	next	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
16	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | present · passive |  | Cal |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **put** | past | 20 of Cal's voters |  | Ben |  |  | next *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ben=Goal |
| 3 | **put** | past | 5 |  | Ana |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ana=Goal |

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*Sentence 3:* Who wins?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:3
# text = Who wins?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cal, with 25

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:o1:1
# text = Cal, with 25
1	Cal	Cal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Ben, with 55

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:o2:1
# text = Ben, with 55
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nobody; it is a tie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:o3:1
# text = Nobody; it is a tie
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tie	tie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nobody | a tie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ana, with 45 votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t10:o4:1
# text = Ana, with 45 votes
1	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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