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# Exam question 1 · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum voting age in the majority of jurisdictions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** minimum voting age, majority

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» 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/3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum voting age in the majority of jurisdictions?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	jurisdictions	jurisdiction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the minimum voting age |  | the majority of jurisdictions |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 {#o1}

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A privilege conferred upon persons of fame or wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e1:o1:1
# text = A privilege conferred upon persons of fame or wealth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | participle |  | a privilege *not said here* |  |  |  | upon persons of fame or wealth | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A provision that varies according to the height of the individual

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e1:o2:1
# text = A provision that varies according to the height of the individual
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	varies	vary	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	according	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** | present | a provision |  |  |  |  | to the height of the individual | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund | a provision *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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

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A threshold fixed by law at a given age, irrespective of knowledge or ability

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e1:o3:1
# text = A threshold fixed by law at a given age, irrespective of knowledge or ability
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  | a threshold and knowledge or ability *not said here* |  |  | at a given age | by law | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at age=Value |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An assessment of the intellectual capacity of each prospective elector in turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e1:o4:1
# text = An assessment of the intellectual capacity of each prospective elector in turn
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	intellectual	intellectual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	elector	elector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** |  |  | the intellectual capacity of each prospective elector in turn |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition 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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