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title: It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the governm… — Votes, parties and the people in charge · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government. Determine the most appropriate characterisation. Exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Votes, parties and the people in charge

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It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government. Determine the most appropriate characterisation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** relatives, you · **What happens:** give, disagree, regard, determine · **To what, where:** It, appropriate characterisation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:1
# text = It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **disagree** | present | relatives |  |  |  |  | regard the government; vehemently *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Determine the most appropriate characterisation.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:2
# text = Determine the most appropriate characterisation.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate characterisation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Evidence that one relative has committed an offence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:o1:1
# text = Evidence that one relative has committed an offence
1	Evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	appos	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | present · perfect · passive |  | one relative |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset offence=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Proof that one of the political parties is wicked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:o2:1
# text = Proof that one of the political parties is wicked
1	Proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Proof |  |  |  |  | wicked *property* | tree rules |

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

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A common and legitimate difference of political opinion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:o3:1
# text = A common and legitimate difference of political opinion
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A matter which the law forbids families to discuss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:e4:o4:1
# text = A matter which the law forbids families to discuss
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present | the law | a matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the law *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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