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title: It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned… — President and Prime Minister, White Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections. Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined. Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» of the politics course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 3 · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street

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It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections. Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, customary, successor · **What happens:** give, resign, identify, mean, be · **To what, where:** It, Prime Minister · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» 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/5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:1
# text = It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	7	compound	_	_
7	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	resigned	resign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **resign** | present · perfect · passive |  | a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |  |  |  | between general elections | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:2
# text = Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	successor	successor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the customary |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | a successor |  |  |  |  | determined *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The selection of a new leader by the governing party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:o1:1
# text = The selection of a new leader by the governing party
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	governing	govern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **select** |  | the governing party | a new leader |  |  |  |  | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A nationwide ballot held on the following morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:o2:1
# text = A nationwide ballot held on the following morning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nationwide	nationwide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a nationwide ballot *not said here* |  |  | morning |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The personal preference of the monarch, freely exercised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:o3:1
# text = The personal preference of the monarch, freely exercised
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	exercised	exercise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exercise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prefer** |  |  | the monarch |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The appointment of the most senior judge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street:e3:o4:1
# text = The appointment of the most senior judge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	senior	senior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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