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title: Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?" Wh… — Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?" What is the best reply? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

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Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?" What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, You, best reply · **What happens:** say, be, vote · **To what, where:** mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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/99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:1
# text = Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?"
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Ollie's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | my mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **vote** *in a quote* | future | you |  |  |  |  | for Ollie's mate *= mate* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for i=Goal |

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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 the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:2
# text = What is the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Course, mates always vote for mates, that's the whole point of mates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:o1:1
# text = Course, mates always vote for mates, that's the whole point of mates
1	Course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	vote	vote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | present | mates | Course |  |  |  | for mates *goal*; always *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for mate=Goal |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the whole point |  |  |  | of mates | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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I'll vote for you, but secretly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:o2:1
# text = I'll vote for you, but secretly
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | future | I |  |  |  |  | for you *goal*; secretly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for you=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, I'll give you zero to look fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:o3:1
# text = No, I'll give you zero to look fair
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | future | I | zero | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient zero=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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I'll step back from judging yours, so it's fair for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:t7:o4:1
# text = I'll step back from judging yours, so it's fair for everyone
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	judging	judge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step back** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **judge** | gerund | I *not said here* | yours |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent your=Value |
| 3 | **is** | present | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for everyone; fair *property* | tree rules |

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