--- title: Congress and Parliament: how a law is made — how Mova does on the tests · Politics description: Lesson 6 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/) / 6 # Congress and Parliament: how a law is made **Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 6 of the politics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Your mate says, "Parliament's well mardy, just a bunch of grown-ups yelling." ("Mardy" means moody and sulky.) What is the best reply? - **1.** He's right, they just shout all day because they have nothing else to do — no support - **2.** The shouting is how the votes are counted — no support - **3.** Only the King is allowed to speak there — no support - **4.** It's noisy, but the arguing tests ideas in public before laws are made — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 18: «Some people say the two-part system stops rushed or silly laws; others say it makes things too slow because one part can block what most people want.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «things» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your cousin goes, "The Lords are bussin', they just bin any law they don't like." ("Bussin'" means great.) What should be put right? - **1.** He's right, the Lords can throw out any law forever — score 0 - **2.** The Lords make all the laws without the Commons — score 3 - **3.** The Lords can send a bill back with changes, but cannot block the Commons forever — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The Lords have no part in making laws at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 7: «The US Congress makes the laws and has two parts, the House of Representatives and the Senate; a bill must win a vote in both, and then the president signs it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «two parts» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} What would happen if a bill skipped the committee stage and went straight to a final vote? - **1.** The bill would turn into a petition — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** Mistakes in the wording might not be spotted before everyone had to obey it — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** The law would definitely turn out better and fairer, because it would be quicker — score 4 - **4.** Nothing; committees never change anything — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «A bill goes through readings (debates), a committee that checks it line by line, and amendments (changes) in both parts before it becomes law.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+4); the same doer «bill» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4} A kid from Wyoming boasts, "We got two senators just like California, so we're just as big, y'all." What's the truth? - **1.** Every state gets two senators whatever its size; the House gives more seats for more people — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Senators are given out by how big a state is on the map — score 1 - **3.** Wyoming has more House members than California — score 4 - **4.** Wyoming has exactly as many people as California — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 13: «Every US state has two senators, big or small, but in the House, states with more people get more members: California has more than fifty, Wyoming has one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «us state» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5} Your brother says, "Writing to an MP when you're nine? That's cap, they bin it." ("Cap" means a lie.) Who is right? - **1.** Her brother, because MPs only ever read the letters that come from voters — no support - **2.** Her brother, because children cannot send letters — no support - **3.** Grace, because MPs represent everyone in their area, including children — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Neither, because MPs never get any letters — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 12: «A constituent is a person who lives in the area an MP represents; anyone can write to their MP or member of Congress, including children.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «represent» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6} A Cork aunt says, "That petition hit a hundred thousand, the craic is mighty, it'll be law by Friday!" ("Craic" means fun and chat.) What is true? - **1.** Petitions with that many names are thrown away — no support - **2.** It becomes law on Friday, as she says — score 3 - **3.** Petitions are only for people living in Ireland — no support - **4.** It will be considered for a debate in the UK Parliament, which does not mean it becomes law — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 17: «A debate on a petition does not mean the law changes; it puts the idea in front of MPs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «debate» (+3); the same action «mean» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} A cartoon shows a president writing a law alone and it becoming law at once. What should be fixed? - **1.** Nothing, presidents write all laws alone — score -1 - **2.** The Supreme Court writes all the laws itself and then gives them to the president to sign — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** In the US, Congress passes bills in both parts, and the president signs or vetoes them — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** The King signs all US laws — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «Neither can do anything they like either: a US president is checked by Congress and the courts and can be elected only twice, and a UK prime minister must face…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «congress» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} An MP votes against her party because she thinks the plan is bad for her area. Her party says she let the team down. What is the fairest summary? - **1.** She broke the law and must go to prison — no support - **2.** MPs must always vote the way the whips say — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Some say MPs should follow the party's promises, others say they should follow their conscience and area — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Rebels lose their right to vote forever — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 16: «A whip is the person in a party who tries to make sure its members vote the party way.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «vote» (+1); the same doer «members» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Dad, in plain dry words, says, "Veto overridden: two-thirds in both chambers." What happened? - **1.** The president changed his mind after all and signed it himself — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Both chambers lost two-thirds of their members in an election — no support - **3.** Congress passed the law anyway after the president said no — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The bill was thrown out for good and can never be brought back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 4: «A bill can bounce between the two parts like a ping-pong ball until they agree; in the USA the president can then sign it or veto it, and Congress can still ov…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sign» (+3); the same doer «president» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} A Northern lad says, "Ey up, our lass wrote to t'MP 'cause there's no lollipop lady at t'ginnel by school." ("Ginnel" means a narrow alley; "our lass" means his sister.) What is she doing? - **1.** Asking for a recount in the election — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Asking her representative to help fix a local safety problem — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Starting a new political party — no support - **4.** Asking the King to lower the voting age so that children can vote — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} What would happen if the Lords and the Commons never agreed and nothing could end the ping-pong? - **1.** The bill would become law twice — no support - **2.** The bill would be sent to the US Congress — no support - **3.** The Lords would become the Commons — no support - **4.** The bill could be stuck forever, which is why the elected Commons usually gets its way in the end — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 14: «When the Commons and the Lords disagree, a bill goes back and forth until they agree; this is called parliamentary ping-pong, and the elected Commons usually g…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «way» (+3); the same doer «elected commons» (+2); the same place «end» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the legislative procedure of the United States? - **1.** A bill becomes law upon its signature by the President irrespective of Congress — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A bill becomes law upon its approval by the House of Representatives alone — no support - **3.** A bill must be approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to presentation to the President — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A bill is enacted solely by decision of the Supreme Court — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Ascertain the proportion of each chamber of Congress whose assent is requisite for the overriding of a presidential veto. - **1.** One-third — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** One-half — no support - **3.** Two-thirds — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Three-quarters — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the House of Lords. - **1.** Its members are elected by the citizens every four years — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It possesses unlimited power to reject any bill in perpetuity — no support - **3.** Its members are appointed rather than elected, and it may amend and delay but not indefinitely obstruct legislation — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It has no function whatsoever in the making of law — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures. Identify the consequence. - **1.** The petition shall be referred to the monarch for signature — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The petition shall be enacted as law forthwith — no support - **3.** The petition shall be considered for debate in Parliament — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The Prime Minister shall be required to resign — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/6-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made/e4/) - ← previous: [5. President and Prime Minister, White House and Do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/5-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street/) - next →: [7. 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