Test 11 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning

Mum, a bit dry, says, "Kindly note that my vote is my own business." What is she reminding you?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, vote, my · What happens: say, note, be, vote, remind · To what, where: own business, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 2 «Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning» of the politics 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Mum, a bit dry, says, "Kindly note that my vote is my own business."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	appos
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bit	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mum	punct
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 note	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 note	punct
10	Kindly	kindly	ADV	_	11 note	advmod
11	note	note	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 business	mark
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 vote	nmod:poss
14	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 business	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 business	cop
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 business	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 business	amod
18	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 note	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 note	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	note in a quote	infinitive			kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	my vote	my own business		tree rules
4	vote in a quote		my			nom vote «act transitive»: poss=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 is she reminding you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 reminding	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reminding	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reminding	nsubj
4	reminding	remind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 reminding	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reminding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	present · progressive	Mum		you				tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Voting is secret, and she does not have to tell anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secret	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secret	cop
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 have	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 have	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 have	advmod
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 secret	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 tell	mark
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 have	xcomp
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Voting		secret property	tree rules
2	not have	present · do-support	she			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	she not said here	anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 2

She did not bother to vote at all this year, so it is private

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bother	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bother	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bother	advmod
4	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 vote	mark
6	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bother	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 year	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 year	det:predet
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vote	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 private	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 private	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 private	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 private	cop
15	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bother	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	not bother	past · do-support	She			tree rules
2	not vote	to-infinitive	She not said here	year		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	it		private property	tree rules

Option 3

Her vote does not count unless she tells someone who it was for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 vote	nmod:poss
2	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 count	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 count	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 count	advmod
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 tells	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tells	nsubj
8	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 count	ccomp
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 tells	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 for	nsubj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 for	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 for	cop
13	for	for	ADP	_	9 someone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	not count	present · do-support	Her vote		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	vote	someone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
3	vote		Her = she		nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She will vote for whoever you choose for her next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 vote	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 vote	aux
3	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 whoever	case
5	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 vote	obl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 choose	nsubj
7	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whoever	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 time	nmod:poss
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	future	She				time	for whoever goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for whoever=Goal
2	choose	present	you						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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