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# Exam question 3 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, First Amendment

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	Amendment	amendment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	compound	_	_
17	Constitution	Constitution	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the First Amendment |  |  |  | to the States Constitution | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus amendment=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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It renders lawful the making of threats against any person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e3:o1:1
# text = It renders lawful the making of threats against any person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	making	making	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the making of threats |  |  |  | against any person; lawful *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent making=Theme |
| 2 | **make** |  | threats |  |  |  |  |  | nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It obliges every school and business to permit any utterance whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e3:o2:1
# text = It obliges every school and business to permit any utterance whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | It | every school and business |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |
| 2 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | any utterance |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent utterance=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It restrains the government from punishing speech but does not oblige private institutions to permit all speech

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e3:o3:1
# text = It restrains the government from punishing speech but does not oblige private institutions to permit all speech
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restrains	restrain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	oblige	oblige	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrain** | present | It | the government |  | punishing speech |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer government=Beneficiary from speech=Eventuality |
| 2 | **punish** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **oblige** | present · do-support |  | private institutions |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Patient |
| 4 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | all speech |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It prohibits the expression of any opinion contrary to that of the government

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e3:o4:1
# text = It prohibits the expression of any opinion contrary to that of the government
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prohibits	prohibit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	contrary	contrary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present | It | the expression of any opinion contrary to that |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer expression=Theme |

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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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