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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a political party? Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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 1 · Parties: teams with ideas

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a political party?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** political party

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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/4-parties-teams-with-ideas/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a political party?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a political party |  |  |  | of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A commercial enterprise engaged in the sale of manifestos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e1:o1:1
# text = A commercial enterprise engaged in the sale of manifestos
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	manifestos	manifesto	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  | a commercial enterprise *not said here* |  |  |  | in the sale of manifestos *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in sale=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A ceremonial gathering convened subsequent to an election

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e1:o2:1
# text = A ceremonial gathering convened subsequent to an election
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ceremonial	ceremonial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	convened	convene	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | gerund | a ceremonial *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **convene** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A body of judges entrusted with the interpretation of statute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e1:o3:1
# text = A body of judges entrusted with the interpretation of statute
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	statute	statute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | participle |  | judges *not said here* |  |  |  | with the interpretation of statute | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with interpretation=Theme |
| 2 | **interpret** |  |  | statute |  |  |  |  | nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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An association of persons sharing common aims who seek election in order to implement them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e1:o4:1
# text = An association of persons sharing common aims who seek election in order to implement them
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	aims	aim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	seek	seek	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	implement	implement	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund | persons *not said here* | common aims |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | present | common aims | election |  | order |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent election=Theme in order=Location |
| 3 | **implement** | to-infinitive | common aims *not said here* | aims *= aim* |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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