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# Exam question 1 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity designated "politics"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** activity · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** activity, politics

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity designated "politics"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	politics	politics	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the activity |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle | the activity *not said here* | politics |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The broadcasting of disputes between public figures for the purposes of entertainment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e1:o1:1
# text = The broadcasting of disputes between public figures for the purposes of entertainment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	broadcasting	broadcasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purpose** |  | entertainment |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The exclusive conduct of affairs within a national legislature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e1:o2:1
# text = The exclusive conduct of affairs within a national legislature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	legislature	legislature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** |  |  | affairs |  |  |  | within a national legislature | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The study of monarchs of former centuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e1:o3:1
# text = The study of monarchs of former centuries
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** |  |  | monarchs of former centuries |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The process whereby a group arrives at decisions binding upon all its members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e1:o4:1
# text = The process whereby a group arrives at decisions binding upon all its members
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | a group |  |  | decisions |  | whereby *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bind** | gerund | decisions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon group's members | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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