--- title: If a president could stay in power for life, what risk would that br… — The United States: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: If a president could stay in power for life, what risk would that bring? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/t4/) [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/) / [The United States: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The United States: a short story If a president could stay in power for life, what risk would that bring? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** president, risk · **What happens:** stay, bring · **To what, where:** power This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t4:1 # text = If a president could stay in power for life, what risk would that bring? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 12 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 15 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | a president | | | power | | for life | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in power=Location | | 2 | **bring** | would | risk | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Theme | 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} Nothing, a president who stays longer always gets wiser and better ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, a president who stays longer always gets wiser and better 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | a president | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | Nothing | | | | | always, wise *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He could become like a king, which the founders feared ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t4:o2:1 # text = He could become like a king, which the founders feared 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 founders founder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | could | He | | | | | like a king | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fear** | past | the founders | a king | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Elections would get more exciting ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t4:o3:1 # text = Elections would get more exciting 1 Elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 exciting exciting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Elections | | | | | exciting *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} The courts would get stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t4:o4:1 # text = The courts would get stronger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the courts | | | | | strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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