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title: Gran: "A bit more money for the army means war now? Then if I buy a… — The politician's either-or and the str… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "A bit more money for the army means war now? Then if I buy a bigger umbrella, I want a flood." What is Gran laughing at? Test 2 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 2 · ★ · The politician's either-or and the straw man

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Gran: "A bit more money for the army means war now? Then if I buy a bigger umbrella, I want a flood." What is Gran laughing at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, I · **What happens:** mean, buy, want, be, laugh · **To what, where:** war, bigger umbrella, flood, Gran

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "A bit more money for the army means war now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:1
# text = Gran: "A bit more money for the army means war now?
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Gran | war |  |  | now |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Topic |

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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:* Then if I buy a bigger umbrella, I want a flood."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:2
# text = Then if I buy a bigger umbrella, I want a flood."
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | a bigger umbrella |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | I | a flood |  |  | then |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flood=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is Gran laughing at?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:3
# text = What is Gran laughing at?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	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 |  | Gran |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | Gran *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Anyone who owns an umbrella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:o1:1
# text = Anyone who owns an umbrella
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present |  | a umbrella |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot umbrella=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The politician's haircut and suit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:o2:1
# text = The politician's haircut and suit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	politician	politician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	haircut	haircut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The idea of having an army at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:o3:1
# text = The idea of having an army at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | a army |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient |

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

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The reasoning that twists "a bit more" into "war"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man:t2:o4:1
# text = The reasoning that twists "a bit more" into "war"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	twists	twist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | present | the reasoning | more |  | war |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent more=Theme into war=Trajectory |

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