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title: Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles.… — Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats" · tree and pragmatics
description: Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles. The pizza's mid, tbh." What is wrong with the vote? Test 8 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 8 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

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Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles. The pizza's mid, tbh." What is wrong with the vote?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** vote, be · **To what, where:** Best pizza

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This is test 8 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world 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/world/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:1
# text = Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles.
1	Teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** *in a quote* | participle |  | Best pizza in town *not said here* |  |  |  | by his nan and three uncles | vn dub-29.3.2 «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:* The pizza's mid, tbh."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:2
# text = The pizza's mid, tbh."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mid	mid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is wrong with the vote?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:3
# text = What is wrong with the vote?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the vote; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Four votes is the right number for a town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:o1:1
# text = Four votes is the right number for a town
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Four votes | the right number |  |  |  | for a town | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nans are not allowed to vote on pizza

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:o2:1
# text = Nans are not allowed to vote on pizza
1	Nans	nan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Nans |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nans *not said here* |  |  | pizza |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No pizza can ever be voted best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:o3:1
# text = No pizza can ever be voted best
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | can · passive | best | no pizza |  |  | ever |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The voters weren't fair judges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t8:o4:1
# text = The voters weren't fair judges
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | the voters | fair judges |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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