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description: Select the response consistent with the established principle concerning humour directed at politicians. Exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

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Select the response consistent with the established principle concerning humour directed at politicians.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, direct · **To what, where:** response, principle concerning humour, politicians

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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/13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established principle concerning humour directed at politicians.
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	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | 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 | **direct** | participle |  | the principle concerning humour *not said here* |  | politicians |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at politician=Eventuality |

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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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Humour addressing appearance constitutes a legitimate form of fact checking concerning the conduct of politicians

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:e3:o1:1
# text = Humour addressing appearance constitutes a legitimate form of fact checking concerning the conduct of politicians
1	Humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	addressing	address	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | gerund | Humour *not said here* | appearance |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Destination |
| 2 | **constitute** | present | Humour | a legitimate form of fact |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot |
| 3 | **check** | gerund | fact *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | fact *not said here* | the conduct of politicians |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 5 | **form** |  |  | fact |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **conduct** |  |  | politicians |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Humour addressing the conduct of a person differs from humour addressing that person's appearance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:e3:o2:1
# text = Humour addressing the conduct of a person differs from humour addressing that person's appearance
1	Humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	addressing	address	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	differs	differ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	addressing	address	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | gerund | Humour *not said here* | the conduct of a person |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Destination |
| 2 | **differ** | present | Humour |  |  |  |  | from humour | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from humour=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **address** | gerund | humour *not said here* | that person's appearance |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Destination |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | a person |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Humour concerning politicians is invariably accurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:e3:o3:1
# text = Humour concerning politicians is invariably accurate
1	Humour	humour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
2	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **humour** | infinitive |  | concerning politicians |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All humour concerning politicians is prohibited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:e3:o4:1
# text = All humour concerning politicians is prohibited
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	humour	humour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	politicians	politician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **humour** | present |  | concerning politicians |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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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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