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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — What politics is: deciding things toge… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of laws in a democracy. Exam question 3 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of laws in a democracy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, origin

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of laws in a democracy.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	democracy	democracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the origin of laws in a democracy |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |

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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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Laws are determined exclusively by officers of the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e3:o1:1
# text = Laws are determined exclusively by officers of the police
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present · passive | officers of the police | Laws |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Laws are made by representatives chosen by voters and may be amended or repealed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e3:o2:1
# text = Laws are made by representatives chosen by voters and may be amended or repealed
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	representatives	representative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	amended	amend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	repealed	repeal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | representatives | Laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
| 2 | **choose** | participle |  | representatives *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **amend** | may · passive | representatives *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **repeal** | participle | representatives *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Laws are composed by commercial enterprises for their own profit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e3:o3:1
# text = Laws are composed by commercial enterprises for their own profit
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive | commercial enterprises | Laws |  |  |  | for Laws's own profit | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Result for profit=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **profit** |  | Laws *= law* |  |  |  |  |  | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laws arise spontaneously and are incapable of alteration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e3:o4:1
# text = Laws arise spontaneously and are incapable of alteration
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arise	arise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | Laws |  |  |  |  | spontaneously *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Laws *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of alteration; incapable *property* | tree rules |

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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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