--- title: Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK? — Laws, voting and how a country is run · tree and pragmatics description: Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Laws, voting and how a country is run Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** true difference This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t8:1 # text = Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a true difference | | | | between the USA and the UK | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The USA elects a president; the UK has a king and a prime minister ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t8:o1:1 # text = The USA elects a president; the UK has a king and a prime minister 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 elects elect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elect** | present | the USA | a president | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | the UK | a king and a prime minister | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Neither country has any parliament at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t8:o2:1 # text = Neither country has any parliament at all 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 parliament parliament NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | neither country | any parliament | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parliament=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The UK elects a president; the USA has a king ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t8:o3:1 # text = The UK elects a president; the USA has a king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 elects elect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elect** | present | the UK | a president | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | the USA | a king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both are ruled by a king with no elections ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:96-laws-voting-government:t8:o4:1 # text = Both are ruled by a king with no elections 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | present · passive | a king | Both | | | | with no elections | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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