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title: Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify… — What politics is: deciding things toge… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify the necessary consequence of an increase in expenditure upon one service. Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify the necessary consequence of an increase in expenditure upon one service.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** municipal authority, you · **What happens:** give, possess, identify · **To what, where:** finite budget, necessary consequence

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e2:1
# text = Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify the necessary consequence of an increase in expenditure upon one service.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	municipal	municipal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	finite	finite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	budget	budget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **possess** | present | a municipal authority | a finite budget |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot budget=Theme |
| 3 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the necessary consequence of a increase in expenditure |  |  |  | upon one service | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A corresponding reduction in the sums available for other services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e2:o1:1
# text = A corresponding reduction in the sums available for other services
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No consequence whatsoever for any other service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e2:o2:1
# text = No consequence whatsoever for any other service
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The abolition of all taxation within the municipality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e2:o3:1
# text = The abolition of all taxation within the municipality
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	municipality	municipality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** |  |  | all taxation |  |  |  | within the municipality | nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An automatic and corresponding increase in the total budget of the authority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e2:o4:1
# text = An automatic and corresponding increase in the total budget of the authority
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	budget	budget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **budget** |  | the authority |  |  |  |  |  | nom budget «possession intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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