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title: Identify the person or persons for whom an elector in the United Kin… — UK elections and the prime minister, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the person or persons for whom an elector in the United Kingdom casts a vote at a general election. Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, as reported» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 1 · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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Identify the person or persons for whom an elector in the United Kingdom casts a vote at a general election.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, elector · **What happens:** identify, cast · **To what, where:** person, vote, general election

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, 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/17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e1:1
# text = Identify the person or persons for whom an elector in the United Kingdom casts a vote at a general election.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	elector	elector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	13	flat	_	_
13	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	casts	cast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	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 person or persons |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **cast** | present | a elector in the United Kingdom | a vote |  | a general election |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vote=Product for whom=Beneficiary |

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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 Sovereign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e1:o1:1
# text = The Sovereign
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Speaker of the House of Commons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e1:o2:1
# text = The Speaker of the House of Commons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Speaker	Speaker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Commons	Commons	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A Member of Parliament representing the local constituency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e1:o3:1
# text = A Member of Parliament representing the local constituency
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	representing	represent	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	constituency	constituency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | gerund | a Member of Parliament *not said here* | the local constituency |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot constituency=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Prime Minister, elected directly by the nation for a term of five years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e1:o4:1
# text = The Prime Minister, elected directly by the nation for a term of five years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | participle · passive | the nation | the Prime Minister |  |  |  | for a term of five years; directly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **term** |  |  | five years |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication 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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