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title: Identify the person by whom a child too young to vote is represented… — Protests, petitions and young activists · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the person by whom a child too young to vote is represented in a national parliament. Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 2 · Protests, petitions and young activists

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Identify the person by whom a child too young to vote is represented in a national parliament.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, vote, represent · **To what, where:** person, child

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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/38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e2:1
# text = Identify the person by whom a child too young to vote is represented in a national parliament.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	represented	represent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **vote** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **represent** | present · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | in a national parliament | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in parliament=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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No person, until the child attains voting age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e2:o1:1
# text = No person, until the child attains voting age
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	attains	attain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	voting	voting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present | no person until the child | voting age |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The head teacher of the child's school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e2:o2:1
# text = The head teacher of the child's school
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The member of parliament chosen by the child's parents only, at the election preceding the child's birth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e2:o3:1
# text = The member of parliament chosen by the child's parents only, at the election preceding the child's birth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	csubj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
16	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the child's parents | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **precede** | gerund | the election *not said here* | the child's birth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme birth=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The member of parliament for the area in which the child resides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e2:o4:1
# text = The member of parliament for the area in which the child resides
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	resides	reside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | present | the child |  |  | the area |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |

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