--- title: How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics? — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics? Test 5 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Britain and Ireland: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/) / t5 # Test 5 · Britain and Ireland: a short story How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, head · **What happens:** be, not decide · **To what, where:** head, politics This is test 5 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history 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/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t5:1 # text = How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 politics politics NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | can | the king | the head | | | | of the country | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **decide** | infinitive | the head | politics | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent politics=Topic | 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} Nobody leads Britain at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t5:o1:1 # text = Nobody leads Britain at all 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | Nobody | Britain | | all | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent britain=Theme at all=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Parliament was closed in 1066 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t5:o2:1 # text = Parliament was closed in 1066 1 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1066 1066 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | past · passive | | Parliament | | | | in 1066 | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in 1066=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} He secretly decides everything behind closed doors every week ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t5:o3:1 # text = He secretly decides everything behind closed doors every week 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | He | everything | | closed doors | week | secretly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | | 2 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He reigns as a symbol, but the elected government rules ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t5:o4:1 # text = He reigns as a symbol, but the elected government rules 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reigns reign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 symbol symbol NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 elected elect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 10 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reign** | present | He | the elected government rules | | | | as a symbol | tree rules | | 2 | **elect** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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