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title: An Irish teacher says, in the old style, "The Oireachtas shall conve… — Around the English-speaking world: Can… · tree and pragmatics
description: An Irish teacher says, in the old style, "The Oireachtas shall convene." What is the Oireachtas? Test 11 · ★★ 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 quest
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…

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An Irish teacher says, in the old style, "The Oireachtas shall convene." What is the Oireachtas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Irish teacher, Oireachtas · **What happens:** say, convene, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» 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/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An Irish teacher says, in the old style, "The Oireachtas shall convene."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:1
# text = An Irish teacher says, in the old style, "The Oireachtas shall convene."
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Oireachtas	Oireachtas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	convene	convene	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Irish teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **convene** *in a quote* | shall | the Oireachtas |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the Oireachtas?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:2
# text = What is the Oireachtas?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Oireachtas	Oireachtas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Oireachtas |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The full Irish Parliament

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:o1:1
# text = The full Irish Parliament
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ireland's President's house in the park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:o2:1
# text = Ireland's President's house in the park
1	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tallyman's own notebook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:o3:1
# text = A tallyman's own notebook
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tallyman	tallyman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	notebook	notebook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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An Irish election count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand:t11:o4:1
# text = An Irish election count
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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