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title: "The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up." What… — Rights, duties and community dilemmas · tree and pragmatics
description: "The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up." What is weak about this? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

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"The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up." What is weak about this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vote · **What happens:** be, have, shut up · **To what, where:** 15

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:1
# text = "The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	losers	loser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | 15 |  |  |  | to 10 | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the vote |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shut up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the vote *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is weak about this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:2
# text = What is weak about this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about this; weak *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is too fair to the people who lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:o1:1
# text = It is too fair to the people who lost
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the people; fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | the people |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It uses numbers, which have no place in ethics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:o2:1
# text = It uses numbers, which have no place in ethics
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ethics	ethic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | numbers |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | numbers | no place |  | ethics |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It ignores that the minority still has rights and deserves a hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:o3:1
# text = It ignores that the minority still has rights and deserves a hearing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignores	ignore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	minority	minority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | the minority | rights |  |  | still |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
| 3 | **deserve** | present |  | a hearing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; the winners can always do whatever they like with the losers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing; the winners can always do whatever they like with the losers
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	losers	loser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | the winners | whatever |  |  |  | with the losers; always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality |
| 2 | **like** | present | winners *= winner* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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