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title: Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.… — Votes, parties and the people in charge · tree and pragmatics
description: Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.» Put him right. Test 1 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 1 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge

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Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.» Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, Prime Minister, you · **What happens:** say, make, put · **To what, where:** laws, own, Minister · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life 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/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:1
# text = Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.»
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	7	compound	_	_
7	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | the Prime Minister | all laws |  | Minister's own |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

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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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Minister |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The King makes laws and MPs just watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:o1:1
# text = The King makes laws and MPs just watch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	MPs	mp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the King | laws and MPs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
| 2 | **watch** | present | the King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The police make laws and judges sign them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:o2:1
# text = The police make laws and judges sign them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	sign	sign	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the police |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sign** | present | laws and judges | police |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

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

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MPs debate and vote on laws in Parliament

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:o3:1
# text = MPs debate and vote on laws in Parliament
1	MPs	mp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	debate	debate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	vote	vote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **debate** | present | MPs |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vote** | present | MPs *not said here* |  |  | laws in Parliament |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the Prime Minister writes every law alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, the Prime Minister writes every law alone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
5	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | the Prime Minister | every law |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |

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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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