--- title: An Australian adult decides not to vote in the election. What can ha… — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics description: An Australian adult decides not to vote in the election. What can happen? 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What can happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Australian adult · **What happens:** decide, not vote, happen · **To what, where:** election This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An Australian adult decides not to vote in the election. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:1 # text = An Australian adult decides not to vote in the election. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Australian Australian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | a Australian adult | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a Australian adult *not said here* | | | the election | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* What can happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:2 # text = What can happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | can | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They may have to pay a small fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:o1:1 # text = They may have to pay a small fine 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fine fine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | may | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | a small fine | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} They lose their citizenship for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:o2:1 # text = They lose their citizenship for life 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 citizenship citizenship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | They | their citizenship | | | | for life | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent citizenship=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, voting there is only a choice ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:o3:1 # text = Nothing, voting there is only a choice 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 voting voting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | Nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their vote is given to the winner ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t9:o4:1 # text = Their vote is given to the winner 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | Their vote | the winner | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to winner=Recipient | | 2 | **vote** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent | **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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