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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the tenure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, as reported. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the tenure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, as reported.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, report · **To what, where:** response, tenure

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the tenure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, as reported.
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	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tenure	tenure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Liz	Liz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	Truss	Truss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	17	compound	_	_
17	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | 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 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the tenure of Liz |  |  |  | as Prime Minister | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tenure=Experiencer |
| 4 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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She served for a period of fifty months, the longest tenure of any Prime Minister since the Second World War

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e3:o1:1
# text = She served for a period of fifty months, the longest tenure of any Prime Minister since the Second World War
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	tenure	tenure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	16	compound	_	_
16	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	since	since	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	Second	Second	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
20	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | She |  |  |  | since the Second World War | for a period of fifty months | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for period=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She resigned after approximately fifty days, the shortest tenure of any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e3:o2:1
# text = She resigned after approximately fifty days, the shortest tenure of any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resigned	resign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	shortest	short	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	tenure	tenure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
13	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	14	compound	_	_
14	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	18	flat	_	_
18	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resign** | past | She | the shortest tenure of any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |  |  | day |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was elected Prime Minister at a general election in 2022

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e3:o3:1
# text = She was elected Prime Minister at a general election in 2022
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
5	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | past · passive |  | She |  | a general election |  | in 2022 | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme minister=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was removed from office by the Sovereign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported:e3:o4:1
# text = She was removed from office by the Sovereign
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive | the Sovereign | She |  | office |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from office=Source |

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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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