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# Exam question 3 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an exit poll.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, exit poll

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning» 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/2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an exit poll.
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	exit	exit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* | a exit poll |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poll=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An estimate derived from the responses of a sample of voters departing polling stations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning:e3:o1:1
# text = An estimate derived from the responses of a sample of voters departing polling stations
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	estimate	estimate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	responses	response	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	departing	depart	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	polling	polling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stations	station	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | participle | a estimate |  |  | the responses of a sample of voters |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from response=Material |
| 2 | **depart** | gerund | voters *not said here* | polling stations |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme station=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **sample** |  |  | voters |  |  |  |  | nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A record of all persons who have voted by post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning:e3:o2:1
# text = A record of all persons who have voted by post
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | present · perfect · passive | post | all persons |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **record** |  |  | all persons |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The definitive result, declared upon the completion of the count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning:e3:o3:1
# text = The definitive result, declared upon the completion of the count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	definitive	definitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the definitive result |  |  |  |  | upon the completion of the count | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **complete** |  |  | the count |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A barrier erected at the exit of a polling station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning:e3:o4:1
# text = A barrier erected at the exit of a polling station
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	erected	erect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exit	exit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	polling	polling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erect** | participle |  | a barrier *not said here* |  | the exit of a polling station |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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