--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a de… — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a democracy? Exam question 1 of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Laws, voting and how a country is run](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/96-laws-voting-government/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Laws, voting and how a country is run Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a democracy? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** democracy This is exam question 1 of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» of the world 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/world/96-laws-voting-government/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a democracy? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 democracy democracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | a democracy | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} A single ruler makes every law without any vote ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e1:o1:1 # text = A single ruler makes every law without any vote 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | a single ruler | every law | | | | without any vote | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material law=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The leaders are chosen by drawing lots ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e1:o2:1 # text = The leaders are chosen by drawing lots 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · passive | | the leaders | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | | lots | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The people choose their leaders and lawmakers by voting ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e1:o3:1 # text = The people choose their leaders and lawmakers by voting 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lawmakers lawmaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 voting voting NOUN NN _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | the people | people's leaders and lawmakers | | | | by voting | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The judges choose the leaders of the country ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e1:o4:1 # text = The judges choose the leaders of the country 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | the judges | the leaders of the country | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme | **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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