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description: Identify the prerogative peculiar to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations. Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth

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Identify the prerogative peculiar to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** prerogative peculiar

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography 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/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e2:1
# text = Identify the prerogative peculiar to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	prerogative	prerogative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Security	Security	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	16	compound	_	_
16	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prerogative peculiar |  |  |  | to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent peculiar=Theme to member=be' |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Each may expel any other member state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e2:o1:1
# text = Each may expel any other member state
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	expel	expel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | may | Each | any other member state |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each may relocate the headquarters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e2:o2:1
# text = Each may relocate the headquarters
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	relocate	relocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | may | Each | the headquarters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Each may cast a double vote in the General Assembly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e2:o3:1
# text = Each may cast a double vote in the General Assembly
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | may | Each | a double vote |  | the General Assembly |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vote=Theme in assembly=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Each may veto a decision of the Council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e2:o4:1
# text = Each may veto a decision of the Council
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	veto	veto	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **veto** | may | Each | a decision of the Council |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** |  |  | the Council |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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