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Test 3 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning

Finn asks, "Why don't they just use a computer?" Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Finn, they · What happens: ask, not use, be · To what, where: computer, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Finn asks, "Why don't they just use a computer?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct
5	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 use	advmod
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 use	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 use	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 use	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
10	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asks	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 computer	det
12	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Finn						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not use in a quote	present · do-support	they	a computer					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient

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: Which is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best answer					tree rules

The options

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

Hand counting is slow, but anyone can watch it and trust it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counting	compound
2	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slow	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 watch	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 watch	cc
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 watch	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 watch	aux
9	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 slow	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 watch	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trust	cc
12	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 watch	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hand counting					slow property	tree rules
2	watch	can	anyone	counting					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	trust	infinitive	anyone not said here	counting					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Computers are banned from every building in the UK

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banned	aux:pass
3	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 building	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 building	det
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 UK	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 UK	det
9	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 building	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		Computers		every building in the UK			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from building=Eventuality

Option 3

Hand counting is actually faster than any computer could ever be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counting	compound
2	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 be	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 faster	cop
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 faster	advmod
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 counting	conj
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 computer	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 computer	det
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faster	obl
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 be	aux
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 be	advmod
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hand counting not said here					than any computer; actually, fast property	tree rules
2	can	could	Hand counting				ever		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Computers are only used to count votes for kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 count	mark
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 count	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 kids	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Computers					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	count	to-infinitive		votes				for kids	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme

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.

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