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title: It is given that an individual has been charged with an offence. Sel… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that an individual has been charged with an offence. Select the response that is consistent with the established principles of law. Exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…

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It is given that an individual has been charged with an offence. Select the response that is consistent with the established principles of law.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** give, charge, select, be, establish · **To what, where:** It, individual, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an individual has been charged with an offence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:1
# text = It is given that an individual has been charged with an offence.
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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | **charge** | present · perfect · passive |  | a individual |  |  |  | with a offence | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with offence=Theme |

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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:* Select the response that is consistent with the established principles of law.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:2
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established principles of law.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	principles	principle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established principles of law; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He is presumed innocent until a court determines otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:o1:1
# text = He is presumed innocent until a court determines otherwise
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	presumed	presume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **presume** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | innocent *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | present | a court |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is deemed guilty if the news so reports

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:o2:1
# text = He is deemed guilty if the news so reports
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | so reports; guilty *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is presumed guilty until he proves his innocence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:o3:1
# text = He is presumed guilty until he proves his innocence
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	presumed	presume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	innocence	innocence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **presume** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | guilty *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | present | he | his innocence |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is deemed guilty from the moment of the charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e2:o4:1
# text = He is deemed guilty from the moment of the charge
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | He |  |  | moment | guilty *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |

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