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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an opinion poll? Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an opinion poll?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** opinion poll

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an opinion poll?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 |  | a opinion poll |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A binding vote which determines the result of the election

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:e2:o1:1
# text = A binding vote which determines the result of the election
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	binding	binding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | a binding vote | the result of the election |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Topic |
| 2 | **result** |  |  | the election |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter, conducted by the electoral commission before polling day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:e2:o2:1
# text = A complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter, conducted by the electoral commission before polling day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	eligible	eligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	voter	voter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	electoral	electoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	polling	poll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | participle |  | a complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter *not said here* |  |  |  | by the electoral commission | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by commission=Destination |
| 2 | **poll** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **intend** |  |  | every eligible voter |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An advertisement financed by a candidate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:e2:o3:1
# text = An advertisement financed by a candidate
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	financed	finance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finance** | participle |  | a advertisement *not said here* |  |  |  | by a candidate | tree rules |

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

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An estimate derived from a sample selected to resemble the population, subject to a margin of error

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:e2:o4:1
# text = An estimate derived from a sample selected to resemble the population, subject to a margin of error
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	estimate	estimate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	selected	select	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	resemble	resemble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | participle |  | a estimate *not said here* |  | a sample |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from sample=Material |
| 2 | **select** | participle |  | a sample *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **resemble** | to-infinitive |  | the population and subject |  |  |  | to a margin of error | 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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