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title: Pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth of Australia, ascertain the… — Who can vote, and why children cannot · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth of Australia, ascertain the consequence of an eligible adult citizen's failure to vote without valid reason. Exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 2 · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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Pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth of Australia, ascertain the consequence of an eligible adult citizen's failure to vote without valid reason.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eligible adult citizen · **What happens:** ascertain, vote, fail · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e2:1
# text = Pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth of Australia, ascertain the consequence of an eligible adult citizen's failure to vote without valid reason.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	eligible	eligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	acl	_	_
23	without	without	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	valid	valid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | present |  | the consequence of a eligible adult citizen's failure |  |  |  | to the law of the Commonwealth of Australia; pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **vote** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without valid reason | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fail** |  | a eligible adult citizen |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The forfeiture of citizenship forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e2:o1:1
# text = The forfeiture of citizenship forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forfeit** |  |  | citizenship |  |  |  |  | nom forfeiture «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mandatory imprisonment for a term of several years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e2:o2:1
# text = Mandatory imprisonment for a term of several years
1	Mandatory	mandatory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** |  |  | several years |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The imposition of a modest financial penalty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e2:o3:1
# text = The imposition of a modest financial penalty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	imposition	imposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	modest	modest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** |  |  | a modest financial penalty |  |  |  |  | nom imposition «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No consequence of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e2:o4:1
# text = No consequence of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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