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title: Select the response consistent with the established principle of the… — Why wars happen and why they are hard… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Exam question 4 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 quest
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# Exam question 4 · Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and…

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Select the response consistent with the established principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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	3	amod	_	_
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	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Organization	Organization	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | 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 |

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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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Each member is obliged to attack its neighbours upon instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e4:o1:1
# text = Each member is obliged to attack its neighbours upon instruction
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | each member |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **attack** | to-infinitive |  | member's neighbours |  |  |  | upon instruction | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Members are required to withdraw from the United Nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e4:o2:1
# text = Members are required to withdraw from the United Nations
1	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	compound	_	_
9	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Members |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the United Nations |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from nation=Initial\_Location |

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

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An armed attack upon one member shall be regarded as an attack upon all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e4:o3:1
# text = An armed attack upon one member shall be regarded as an attack upon all
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | shall · passive |  | a armed attack upon one member |  |  |  | as a attack; upon all | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as attack=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Membership is restricted to countries situated in Asia and Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato:e4:o4:1
# text = Membership is restricted to countries situated in Asia and Africa
1	Membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | present · passive |  | Membership |  |  |  | to countries *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to country=Goal |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | countries *not said here* |  | Asia and Africa |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in asia=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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