--- title: What politics is: deciding things together — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / What politics is: deciding things toge… # What politics is: deciding things together The 15 questions of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t1/) — Your cousin goes, "politics is just old blokes in suits yelling on telly, nothing to do with us lot." What's the best reply? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t2/) — Mum's mate goes, "the council's well tight, they shut the pool to keep the library." What does "tight" mean here, and what is going on? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t3/) — Your little brother says, "If we vote and the most people win, the small group can never complain." Which is the fairest answer? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t4/) — In a group chat a kid writes, "no cap, protesting = going to jail lol." ("No cap" means "no lie, honestly".) Is he right? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t5/) — Uncle Dave, a proper Scouser (from Liverpool), says, "Taxes? Boss idea, la, that's what fixed me knee in the ozzy." ("Boss" means great; "ozzy" means hospital.) What is he saying? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t6/) — What would happen if a class had one football and nobody had any way of deciding who gets it? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t7/) — Your nan's mate goes, "back in my day we didn't need politics, folk just got on with it." What is the best answer? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t8/) — Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke. Who is right? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t9/) — A cartoon on telly shows a mayor deciding everything alone by flipping a coin. What's wrong with this picture of politics? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t10/) — Your dad, mad at the parking ticket, says, "Rules just fall out of the sky." What is true? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/t11/) — Your mum says politics is about money, safety and fairness. Two neighbours argue about one thing for an hour and still say goodbye nicely. What does this show? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity designated "politics"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/e2/) — Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify the necessary consequence of an increase in expenditure upon one service. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of laws in a democracy. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/e4/) — Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the assertion that all politicians are untruthful. — right ✓ · exam - next →: [2. Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/)