--- title: It is given that a candidate distributes confectionery in exchange f… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a candidate distributes confectionery in exchange for an undertaking to vote for him. State the term for such conduct. 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State the term for such conduct. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** candidate · **What happens:** give, distribute, vote · **To what, where:** It, confectionery, exchange This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» 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/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a candidate distributes confectionery in exchange for an undertaking to vote for him. ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:1 # text = It is given that a candidate distributes confectionery in exchange for an undertaking to vote for him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 candidate candidate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 distributes distribute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 confectionery confectionery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **distribute** | present | a candidate | confectionery | | exchange for a undertaking | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent confectionery=Theme | | 3 | **vote** | to-infinitive | a candidate *not said here* | | | | | for candidate | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for he=Goal | 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. *Sentence 2:* State the term for such conduct. ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:2 # text = State the term for such conduct. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Conceding ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:o1:1 # text = Conceding 1 Conceding concede VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concede** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A referendum ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:o2:1 # text = A referendum 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 referendum referendum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bribery ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:o3:1 # text = Bribery 1 Bribery bribery NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A survey ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e3:o4:1 # text = A survey 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 survey survey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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