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title: It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted… — Congress and Parliament: how a law is… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures. Identify the consequence. Exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 4 · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

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It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures. Identify the consequence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, attract, identify · **To what, where:** It, petition, consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» 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/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:1
# text = It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures.
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	_	12	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	attracted	attract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	_
15	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	signatures	signature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	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 | **attract** | present · perfect · passive |  | a petition on the Parliament website |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the consequence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:2
# text = Identify the consequence.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	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 consequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The petition shall be referred to the monarch for signature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:o1:1
# text = The petition shall be referred to the monarch for signature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | shall · passive |  | the petition | the monarch for signature |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to monarch=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The petition shall be enacted as law forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:o2:1
# text = The petition shall be enacted as law forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	enacted	enact	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enact** | shall · passive |  | the petition |  |  |  | as law; forthwith *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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The petition shall be considered for debate in Parliament

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:o3:1
# text = The petition shall be considered for debate in Parliament
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | shall · passive |  | the petition |  | Parliament |  | for debate | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Prime Minister shall be required to resign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:e4:o4:1
# text = The Prime Minister shall be required to resign
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	resign	resign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | shall · passive |  | the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **resign** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «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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