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description: Determine the date upon which the term of office of a newly elected President of the United States commences. Exam question 4 of lesson 16 «US elections and the president, as reported» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · US elections and the president, as reported

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Determine the date upon which the term of office of a newly elected President of the United States commences.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** determine, elect, commence, term · **To what, where:** date, office

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «US elections and the president, as reported» 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/16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:e4:1
# text = Determine the date upon which the term of office of a newly elected President of the United States commences.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
19	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the date |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic |
| 2 | **elect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | newly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **commence** | present | the term of office of a elected President of the United States |  |  |  |  | upon the date | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **term** |  |  | office of a elected President of the United States |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication 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 {#o1}

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The sixth day of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:e4:o1:1
# text = The sixth day of January
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The twentieth day of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:e4:o2:1
# text = The twentieth day of January
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fourth day of July

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:e4:o3:1
# text = The fourth day of July
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The first day of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported:e4:o4:1
# text = The first day of January
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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