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title: Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concernin… — The King, the courts and the rules abo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concerning the establishment of a republic. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concerning the establishment of a republic.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 1999 · **What happens:** ascertain, concern, establish · **To what, where:** outcome, establishment, republic

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concerning the establishment of a republic.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	1999	1999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	republic	republic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the Australian referendum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | 1999 | the establishment of a republic |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus establishment=Experiencer |
| 3 | **establish** |  |  | a republic |  |  |  |  | nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 proposal was approved but subsequently annulled by the monarch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e4:o1:1
# text = The proposal was approved but subsequently annulled by the monarch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	approved	approve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	annulled	annul	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approve** | past · passive |  | the proposal |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **annul** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the monarch; subsequently *property* | vn void-106 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The proposal was approved and a president installed forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e4:o2:1
# text = The proposal was approved and a president installed forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	approved	approve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	installed	install	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approve** | past · passive |  | the proposal |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **install** | participle | a president |  |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The referendum was abandoned prior to polling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e4:o3:1
# text = The referendum was abandoned prior to polling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	polling	polling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past · passive |  | the referendum |  |  |  | prior polling | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The proposal was rejected by a majority of voters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules:e4:o4:1
# text = The proposal was rejected by a majority of voters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | past · passive | a majority of voters | the proposal |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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