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title: Identify the principal purpose of the electoral register. — Who can vote, and why children cannot · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the electoral register. Exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Who can vote, and why children cannot

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Identify the principal purpose of the electoral register.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, electoral register · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the electoral register.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	electoral	electoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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* | the principal purpose of the electoral register |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the electoral register |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 levying of taxation upon persons who vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e4:o1:1
# text = The levying of taxation upon persons who vote
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	levying	levy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	vote	vote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of taxation; upon persons | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** | present | persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The recording of the political preferences of every elector

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e4:o2:1
# text = The recording of the political preferences of every elector
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recording	recording	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	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	elector	elector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** |  |  | every elector |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The prevention of multiple or misplaced voting by maintaining a list of eligible electors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e4:o3:1
# text = The prevention of multiple or misplaced voting by maintaining a list of eligible electors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	multiple	multiple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	misplaced	misplace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	maintaining	maintain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	eligible	eligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	electors	elector	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **misplace** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **maintain** | gerund | the prevention of multiple voting *not said here* | a list of eligible electors |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent list=Theme |
| 3 | **prevent** |  |  | multiple voting |  |  |  |  | nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | eligible electors |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The selection of candidates on behalf of political parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot:e4:o4:1
# text = The selection of candidates on behalf of political parties
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	candidates	candidate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** |  |  | candidates on behalf of political parties |  |  |  |  | nom selection «act 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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