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description: Identify the principal function of the Supreme Court of the United States. Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» 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 was w
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# Exam question 2 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

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Identify the principal function of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» 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/7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Supreme	Supreme	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 function of the Supreme Court of the United States |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The command of the armed forces of the United States

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e2:o1:1
# text = The command of the armed forces of the United States
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** |  |  | the armed forces of the United States |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The drafting of all bills presented to Congress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e2:o2:1
# text = The drafting of all bills presented to Congress
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drafting	drafting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Congress	Congress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | all bills *not said here* | Congress |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to congress=Recipient |
| 2 | **draft** |  |  | all bills |  |  |  |  | nom drafting «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The determination of whether laws and governmental acts conform to the Constitution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e2:o3:1
# text = The determination of whether laws and governmental acts conform to the Constitution
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	governmental	governmental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	conform	conform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conform** | infinitive | laws and governmental acts | the determination *not said here* |  |  |  | to the Constitution *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent determination=Patient to constitution=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The election of the President on behalf of the citizenry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e2:o4:1
# text = The election of the President on behalf of the citizenry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	citizenry	citizenry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** |  |  | the President |  | behalf of the citizenry |  |  | nom election «act transitive»: of=patient on=place |

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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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