--- title: Identify the person who exercises the functions of head of governmen… — Around the English-speaking world: Can… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the person who exercises the functions of head of government in Ireland. Exam question 2 of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Around the English-speaking world: Can…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel… Identify the person who exercises the functions of head of government in Ireland. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, exercise · **To what, where:** person, functions, Ireland This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» 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/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:e2:1 # text = Identify the person who exercises the functions of head of government in Ireland. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 exercises exercise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 functions function NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 2 | **exercise** | present | the person | the functions of head of government | | Ireland | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Patient | 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} The monarch of the United Kingdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:e2:o1:1 # text = The monarch of the United Kingdom 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch 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 United United PROPN NNP _ 6 flat _ _ 6 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Ceann Comhairle ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:e2:o2:1 # text = The Ceann Comhairle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Ceann Ceann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Comhairle Comhairle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The President of Ireland ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:e2:o3:1 # text = The President of Ireland 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 President President PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Taoiseach ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:e2:o4:1 # text = The Taoiseach 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Taoiseach Taoiseach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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