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description: Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the assertion that all politicians are untruthful. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · What politics is: deciding things together

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Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the assertion that all politicians are untruthful.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, assertion · **What happens:** identify, be, respect · **To what, where:** course, assertion

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e4:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the assertion that all politicians are untruthful.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	untruthful	untruthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | untruthful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the assertion |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Examination of the record of each individual politician

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e4:o1:1
# text = Examination of the record of each individual politician
1	Examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	politician	politician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** |  |  | the record of each individual politician |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **record** |  |  | each individual politician |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Unqualified acceptance of the assertion as stated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e4:o2:1
# text = Unqualified acceptance of the assertion as stated
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  | Unqualified acceptance of the assertion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accept** |  |  | the assertion |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Abstention from any consideration of public affairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e4:o3:1
# text = Abstention from any consideration of public affairs
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** |  |  | public affairs |  |  |  |  | nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Unqualified rejection of any possibility of untruthfulness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together:e4:o4:1
# text = Unqualified rejection of any possibility of untruthfulness
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rejection	rejection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	possibility	possibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	untruthfulness	untruthfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** |  |  | any possibility of untruthfulness |  |  |  |  | nom rejection «act transitive»: of=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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