--- title: Teen: "There's bare options between 'build the road' and 'the town d… — The politician's either-or and the str… · tree and pragmatics description: Teen: "There's bare options between 'build the road' and 'the town dies', bruv." ("bruv" means mate.) What is she breaking? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 178 «The politician's either-or and the straw man» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The politician's either-or and the str…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man Teen: "There's bare options between 'build the road' and 'the town dies', bruv." ("bruv" means mate.) What is she breaking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bare options, Teen, town, bruv · **What happens:** be, build, die, mean, break · **To what, where:** road, bruv, mate This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 178 «The politician's either-or and the straw man» 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/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teen: "There's bare options between 'build the road' and 'the town dies', bruv." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:1 # text = Teen: "There's bare options between 'build the road' and 'the town dies', bruv." 1 Teen teen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 options option NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 8 between between ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ', ', PART POS _ 18 advcl _ _ 20 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** *in a quote* | present | bare options | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **build** *in a quote* | infinitive | Teen | the road | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset road=Product | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | present | the town | bruv | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("bruv" means mate.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:2 # text = ("bruv" means mate.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | bruv | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | *Sentence 3:* What is she breaking? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:3 # text = What is she breaking? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · progressive | bruv | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A straw man ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:o1:1 # text = A straw man 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A red herring ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:o2:1 # text = A red herring 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 herring herring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} An appeal to tradition ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:o3:1 # text = An appeal to tradition 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 appeal appeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} An either-or ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t12:o4:1 # text = An either-or 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 either either CCONJ CC _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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