--- title: Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true? — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics description: Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true? Test 12 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, king · **What happens:** say, run · **To what, where:** country, UK · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 96 «Laws, voting and how a country is run» of the world 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/world/96-laws-voting-government/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t12:1 # text = Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true? 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **run** | present | the king | the country | | the UK | | true *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent country=Theme in uk=Trajectory | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, the country is run by a government led by the Prime Minister ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t12:o1:1 # text = No, the country is run by a government led by the Prime Minister 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:agent _ _ 10 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 14 compound _ _ 14 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · passive | a government | the country | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **lead** | participle | | a government *not said here* | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it is run by the courts ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t12:o2:1 # text = No, it is run by the courts 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · passive | the courts | it | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, but only in the summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, but only in the summer 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, the king makes all the laws ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, the king makes all the laws 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the king | all laws | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product | **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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