--- title: Congress and Parliament: how a law is made — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / Congress and Parliament: how a law is… # Congress and Parliament: how a law is made The 15 questions of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t1/) — Your mate says, "Parliament's well mardy, just a bunch of grown-ups yelling." ("Mardy" means moody and sulky.) What is the best reply? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t2/) — Your cousin goes, "The Lords are bussin', they just bin any law they don't like." ("Bussin'" means great.) What should be put right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t3/) — What would happen if a bill skipped the committee stage and went straight to a final vote? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t4/) — A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all." What's the truth? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t5/) — Your brother says, "Writing to an MP when you're nine? That's cap, they bin it." ("Cap" means a lie.) Who is right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t6/) — A Cork aunt says, "That petition hit a hundred thousand, the craic is mighty, it'll be law by Friday!" ("Craic" means fun and chat.) What is true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t7/) — A cartoon shows a president writing a law alone and it becoming law at once. What should be fixed? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t8/) — An MP votes against her party because she thinks the plan is bad for her area. Her party says she let the team down. What is the fairest summary? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t9/) — Dad, in plain dry words, says, "Veto overridden: two-thirds in both chambers." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t10/) — A Northern lad says, "Ey up, our lass wrote to t'MP 'cause there's no lollipop lady at t'ginnel by school." ("Ginnel" means a narrow alley; "our lass" means his sister.) What is she doing? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t11/) — What would happen if the Lords and the Commons never agreed and nothing could end the ping-pong? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the legislative procedure of the United States? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e2/) — Ascertain the proportion of each chamber of Congress whose assent is requisite for the overriding of a presidential veto. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the House of Lords. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e4/) — It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures. Identify the consequence. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [5. President and Prime Minister, White House and Do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street/) - next →: [7. The King, the courts and the rules above the rules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/)