---
title: Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and L… — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics
description: Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and Leo 7. Who wins under the usual rule? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/t1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Laws, voting and how a country is run](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/) / t1

# Test 1 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and Leo 7. Who wins under the usual rule?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, Mia · **What happens:** vote, get, win · **To what, where:** 12 votes, usual rule

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» 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/96-laws-voting-government/#t1).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and Leo 7.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:1
# text = Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and Leo 7.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	votes	vote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
15	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
18	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | present | Your class |  |  |  |  | for a class captain *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for captain=Goal |
| 2 | **get** | present | Mia | 12 votes |  |  |  | 9  Sam *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Who wins under the usual rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:2
# text = Who wins under the usual rule?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present |  |  |  | the usual rule |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sam, because he is in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:o1:1
# text = Sam, because he is in the middle
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sam |  |  | the middle |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, because no one got every vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:o2:1
# text = Nobody, because no one got every vote
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Nobody | every vote |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mia, because she has the most votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:o3:1
# text = Mia, because she has the most votes
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mia | the most votes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leo, because he has the fewest votes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t1:o4:1
# text = Leo, because he has the fewest votes
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fewest	few	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Leo | the fewest votes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Money, shops and work in a town, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/95-money-shops-work-town/e4/)
- next →: [Laws, voting and how a country is run, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/t2/)
- ↑ back to [Laws, voting and how a country is run](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/)

