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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the sharing of power between lawmakers, the government and the courts. Exam question 4 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 pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Laws, voting and how a country is run

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the sharing of power between lawmakers, the government and the courts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, sharing

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the sharing of power between lawmakers, the government and the courts.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	between	between	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	lawmakers	lawmaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the sharing of power between lawmakers and the government and the courts |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sharing=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lawmakers judge every case in court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e4:o1:1
# text = The lawmakers judge every case in court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawmakers	lawmaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	judge	judge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | present | the lawmakers | every case |  | court |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent case=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The government is free of every check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e4:o2:1
# text = The government is free of every check
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the government |  |  |  |  | of every check; free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The courts make all the laws alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e4:o3:1
# text = The courts make all the laws alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the courts | all laws |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product |

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

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Each can check the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:e4:o4:1
# text = Each can check the others
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | can | Each | the others |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=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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