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title: Identify the principal deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively… — Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively among persons already queuing for the product in question. Exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

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Identify the principal deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively among persons already queuing for the product in question.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, persons · **What happens:** identify, conduct, queue · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, survey

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively among persons already queuing for the product in question.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	already	already	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	queuing	queue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 principal deficiency of a survey |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme |
| 2 | **conduct** | participle |  | a survey *not said here* |  |  |  | among persons; exclusively *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent among person=Destination |
| 3 | **queue** | gerund | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the product in question | 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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Surveys may not lawfully be conducted out of doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e2:o1:1
# text = Surveys may not lawfully be conducted out of doors
1	Surveys	survey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **conduct** | may · passive |  | Surveys |  | doors |  | lawfully *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme out door=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The number of persons consulted is excessively large

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e2:o2:1
# text = The number of persons consulted is excessively large
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | participle |  | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the number of persons |  |  |  |  | excessively, large *property* | tree rules |

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

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The persons consulted do not represent all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e2:o3:1
# text = The persons consulted do not represent all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	represent	represent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | participle |  | the persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **represent** | present · do-support | the persons | all |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Persons in a queue are incapable of answering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e2:o4:1
# text = Persons in a queue are incapable of answering
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	answering	answer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Persons in a queue |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | Persons in a queue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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