--- title: Identify the term which denotes the division of a population into tw… — Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: s… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the term which denotes the division of a population into two opposing camps which seldom communicate with one another. Exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends Identify the term which denotes the division of a population into two opposing camps which seldom communicate with one another. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** identify, denote, oppose, communicate · **To what, where:** term, division, two opposing camps This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» 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/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e1:1 # text = Identify the term which denotes the division of a population into two opposing camps which seldom communicate with one another. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 denotes denote 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 division division NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 opposing oppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 camps camp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 seldom seldom ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 communicate communicate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 20 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 19 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme | | 2 | **denote** | present | the term | the division of a population | | two opposing camps | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot division=Topic | | 3 | **oppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **communicate** | present | | two opposing camps | | | | with one; seldom *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | 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} Common ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e1:o1:1 # text = Common ground 1 Common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Consensus-building ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e1:o2:1 # text = Consensus-building 1 Consensus consensus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Reconciliation ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e1:o3:1 # text = Reconciliation 1 Reconciliation reconciliation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Polarisation ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e1:o4:1 # text = Polarisation 1 Polarisation polarisation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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