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title: Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN. What is alike? — Who decides: kings, councils, republic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN. What is alike? Test 4 · ★★ 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's choice was right
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

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Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN. What is alike?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava, Haudenosaunee council · **What happens:** ask, be

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:1
# text = Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN.
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ava |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Haudenosaunee council |  |  |  |  | like the UN | tree rules |

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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:* What is alike?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:2
# text = What is alike?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | alike *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Several nations agreed to keep peace together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:o1:1
# text = Several nations agreed to keep peace together
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Several nations |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Several nations *not said here* | peace |  |  |  | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It had 193 members, just like the UN

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:o2:1
# text = It had 193 members, just like the UN
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	193	193	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | It | 193 members |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was run from Paris by the King of France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:o3:1
# text = It was run from Paris by the King of France
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · passive | Paris | It |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was a sports league for the young men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t4:o4:1
# text = It was a sports league for the young men
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a sports league |  |  |  | for the young men | tree rules |

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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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