--- title: Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. Why does her teacher… — Who decides: kings, councils, republic… · tree and pragmatics description: Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask? Test 6 · ★★ 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 opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies/t6/) [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/) / [Who decides: kings, councils, republic…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, many countries, it · **What happens:** ask, be, do, say, depend · **To what, where:** democracies, teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:1 # text = Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 democracies democracy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sophie | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | many countries | democracies | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:2 # text = Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | Sophie's teacher | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **depend** | present | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Democracy is a secret kept by the UN ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:o1:1 # text = Democracy is a secret kept by the UN 1 Democracy democracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 UN UN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Democracy | a secret | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | participle | | a secret *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody has ever tried to count them ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:o2:1 # text = Nobody has ever tried to count them 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · perfect | Nobody | | | | ever | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **count** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The number changes every single hour of the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:o3:1 # text = The number changes every single hour of the day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | the number | | | | hour | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Experts measure democracy differently ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t6:o4:1 # text = Experts measure democracy differently 1 Experts expert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 measure measure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 democracy democracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 differently differently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | present | Experts | democracy | | | | differently *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme democracy=Value | **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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