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title: Ascertain the outcome of the referendum held in Scotland in the year… — Parties: teams with ideas · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the outcome of the referendum held in Scotland in the year 2014. Exam question 3 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 3 · Parties: teams with ideas

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Ascertain the outcome of the referendum held in Scotland in the year 2014.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, hold · **To what, where:** outcome, referendum, Scotland

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the outcome of the referendum held in Scotland in the year 2014.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	2014	2014	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the referendum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | the referendum *not said here* |  | Scotland | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in scotland=Location |

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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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Participation was restricted to members of the Scottish National Party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e3:o1:1
# text = Participation was restricted to members of the Scottish National Party
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	National	National	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | past · passive |  | Participation |  |  |  | to members of the Scottish National Party *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to member=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A majority of those voting elected to establish an independent state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e3:o2:1
# text = A majority of those voting elected to establish an independent state
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | participle |  | a majority of that voting *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **establish** | to-infinitive |  | a independent state |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Patient |

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

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A majority of those voting elected to remain within the United Kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e3:o3:1
# text = A majority of those voting elected to remain within the United Kingdom
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	12	flat	_	_
12	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | participle |  | a majority of that voting *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | within the United Kingdom | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The referendum was abandoned prior to the count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:4-parties-teams-with-ideas:e3:o4:1
# text = The referendum was abandoned prior to the count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past · passive |  | the referendum |  |  |  | prior the count | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

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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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