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title: Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws.… — Who decides: kings, councils, republic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws. Answer? Test 7 · ★★ 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 wa
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

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Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws. Answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily · **What happens:** see, ask, make · **To what, where:** King, telly, laws

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:1
# text = Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Lily | the King of the UK |  | telly |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lily *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Lily | the laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

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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:* Answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:2
# text = Answer?
1	Answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only on Sundays, when Parliament is closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:o1:1
# text = Only on Sundays, when Parliament is closed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present · passive |  | Parliament |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, he reigns; the elected Parliament makes laws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:o2:1
# text = No, he reigns; the elected Parliament makes laws
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reigns	reign	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reign** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **elect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | the elected Parliament | laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he writes every single law by himself at the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, he writes every single law by himself at the palace
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | he | every single law |  | the palace |  | by himself *= he* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only the laws about his horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only the laws about his horses
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	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	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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