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title: Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security C… — Why wars happen and why they are hard… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security Council. Exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 3 · Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and…

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Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security Council.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, power · **What happens:** identify, vest · **To what, where:** permanent member

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» 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/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e3:1
# text = Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security Council.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	vested	vest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Security	Security	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **vest** | past | the power |  |  | each permanent member of the Security Council |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The power to block a decision by means of a veto

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e3:o1:1
# text = The power to block a decision by means of a veto
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | to-infinitive | the power *not said here* | a decision |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer decision=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the power |  |  |  |  | of a veto | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The power to expel any member from the General Assembly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e3:o2:1
# text = The power to expel any member from the General Assembly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	expel	expel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | to-infinitive | the power | any member |  | the General Assembly |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent member=Theme from assembly=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The power to command the armies of all member states in time of war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e3:o3:1
# text = The power to command the armies of all member states in time of war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	command	command	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | to-infinitive | the power | the armies of all member states |  |  | time |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The power to cast one hundred votes in the General Assembly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e3:o4:1
# text = The power to cast one hundred votes in the General Assembly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
11	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | to-infinitive |  | hundred votes |  | the General Assembly |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vote=Theme in assembly=Destination |

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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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