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description: Whereas a counter-protest is held opposite a march, determine the statement most accurately characterising the two assemblies. Exam question 4 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 questi
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# Exam question 4 · Protests, petitions and young activists

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Whereas a counter-protest is held opposite a march, determine the statement most accurately characterising the two assemblies.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** hold, determine, characteris · **To what, where:** counter-protest, march, statement, two assemblies

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e4:1
# text = Whereas a counter-protest is held opposite a march, determine the statement most accurately characterising the two assemblies.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
6	opposite	opposite	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	characterising	characteris	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	assemblies	assembly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | a counter-protest |  | a march |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme opposite march=Location |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic |
| 3 | **characteris** | gerund | the statement *not said here* | the two assemblies |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The original march is unlawful by reason of the counter-protest, which takes precedence over it in law

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e4:o1:1
# text = The original march is unlawful by reason of the counter-protest, which takes precedence over it in law
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	precedence	precedence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the original march |  |  |  |  | by reason of the counter-protest; unlawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | the counter-protest | precedence |  | march |  | in law | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent precedence=Value in law=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the larger assembly is entitled to protest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e4:o2:1
# text = Only the larger assembly is entitled to protest
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	protest	protest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entitle** | present · passive |  | the larger assembly |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The counter-protest is unlawful by its very nature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e4:o3:1
# text = The counter-protest is unlawful by its very nature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the counter-protest |  |  |  |  | by counter-protest's nature; unlawful *property* | tree rules |

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

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Each may protest peacefully, and each believes it protects something of importance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:38-protests-petitions-and-young-activists:e4:o4:1
# text = Each may protest peacefully, and each believes it protects something of importance
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	protest	protest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | may | Each |  |  |  |  | peacefully *property* | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **believe** | present | each |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **protect** | present | it | something |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary |

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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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