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title: If France vetoes a Security Council decision that every other member… — Today's world: the UN, the EU and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: If France vetoes a Security Council decision that every other member supports, what happens? Test 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 each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth

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If France vetoes a Security Council decision that every other member supports, what happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** France, that, other member supports · **What happens:** veto, support, happen · **To what, where:** Council decision

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This is test 2 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography 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/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t2:1
# text = If France vetoes a Security Council decision that every other member supports, what happens?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vetoes	veto	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Security	Security	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	supports	support	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **veto** | present | France | a Council decision |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | present | every other member supports |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The decision is blocked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t2:o1:1
# text = The decision is blocked
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present · passive |  | the decision |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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France is thrown out of the UN

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t2:o2:1
# text = France is thrown out of the UN
1	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present · passive | the UN | France |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The vote is moved to the EU

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t2:o3:1
# text = The vote is moved to the EU
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	EU	EU	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present · passive |  | the vote |  |  |  | to the EU *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme to eu=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It passes anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:t2:o4:1
# text = It passes anyway
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | It |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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