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title: A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alo… — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics
description: A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alone. Why would the three-part split of power stop this? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run

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A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alone. Why would the three-part split of power stop this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** leader, court, part split · **What happens:** want, ignore, change, decide, stop, split · **To what, where:** decision, rules, this, power

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:1
# text = A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alone.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a leader |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ignore** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a leader *not said here* | a court's decision |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Theme |
| 3 | **change** | infinitive | a leader *not said here* | the rules |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 4 | **decide** |  | a court |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=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:* Why would the three-part split of power stop this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:2
# text = Why would the three-part split of power stop this?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | the part split of power | this |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality this=Eventuality |
| 2 | **split** |  |  | power |  |  |  |  | nom split «act transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The courts and lawmakers can check the leader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:o1:1
# text = The courts and lawmakers can check the leader
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lawmakers	lawmaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Judges always agree with the leader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:o2:1
# text = Judges always agree with the leader
1	Judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Judges |  |  |  |  | with the leader; always *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with leader=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The leader has much more power than everyone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:o3:1
# text = The leader has much more power than everyone else
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the leader | more power |  |  |  | than everyone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The constitution lets leaders do anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t5:o4:1
# text = The constitution lets leaders do anything
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | the constitution | leaders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | leaders *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

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