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description: What would happen if a bill skipped the committee stage and went straight to a final vote? Test 3 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

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What would happen if a bill skipped the committee stage and went straight to a final vote?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bill · **What happens:** happen, skip, go · **To what, where:** committee stage, final vote

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t3:1
# text = What would happen if a bill skipped the committee stage and went straight to a final vote?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	skipped	skip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	committee	committee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **skip** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a bill | the committee stage |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past | a bill *not said here* |  |  | a final vote |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to vote=Initial\_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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The bill would turn into a petition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t3:o1:1
# text = The bill would turn into a petition
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the bill |  |  | a petition |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into petition=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mistakes in the wording might not be spotted before everyone had to obey it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t3:o2:1
# text = Mistakes in the wording might not be spotted before everyone had to obey it
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wording	wording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spot** | might · passive |  | Mistakes in the wording |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obey** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | wording |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The law would definitely turn out better and fairer, because it would be quicker

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t3:o3:1
# text = The law would definitely turn out better and fairer, because it would be quicker
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | would | the law |  |  |  |  | definitely, good *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | law |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; committees never change anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing; committees never change anything
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	committees	committee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | committees | anything |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

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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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