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description: In EU4 you pick monarchy or republic from a menu. How did real republics usually begin? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

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In EU4 you pick monarchy or republic from a menu. How did real republics usually begin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, real republics · **What happens:** pick, do, begin · **To what, where:** monarchy, EU4

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» 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/67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In EU4 you pick monarchy or republic from a menu.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:1
# text = In EU4 you pick monarchy or republic from a menu.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	EU4	EU4	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	republic	republic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present | you | monarchy or republic |  | EU4 |  | from a menu | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme from menu=Source |

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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:* How did real republics usually begin?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:2
# text = How did real republics usually begin?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	republics	republic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	begin	begin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | present | real republics |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Through long struggles and revolutions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:o1:1
# text = Through long struggles and revolutions
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	struggles	struggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	revolutions	revolution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By a king clicking one button on a menu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:o2:1
# text = By a king clicking one button on a menu
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	clicking	click	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **click** | gerund | a king *not said here* | one button |  |  |  | on a menu | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent button=Instrument on menu=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By a king's birthday wish to his people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:o3:1
# text = By a king's birthday wish to his people
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** |  | a king |  |  |  |  | to king's people | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By winning a big football match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t11:o4:1
# text = By winning a big football match
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  | a big football match |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

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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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