Exam question 3 · Votes, parties and the people in charge
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning taxation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, taxation
This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | taxation | taxation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | taxation | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus taxation=Experiencer |
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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is collected solely to finance political parties
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 collected | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 collected | aux:pass |
| 3 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 3 collected | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 finance | mark |
| 6 | finance | finance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 collected | advcl |
| 7 | political | political | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 parties | amod |
| 8 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 finance | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | present · passive | It | solely property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finance | to-infinitive | political parties | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is levied upon earnings and spending and finances public services
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 levied | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 levied | aux:pass |
| 3 | levied | levy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 earnings | case |
| 5 | earnings | earning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 levied | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 spending | cc |
| 7 | spending | spending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earnings | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 finances | cc |
| 9 | finances | finance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 levied | conj |
| 10 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 services | amod |
| 11 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 finances | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | levy | present · passive | It | upon earnings and spending | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | finance | present | public services | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a voluntary gift that only wealthy persons provide to the nation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gift | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gift | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gift | det |
| 4 | voluntary | voluntary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gift | amod |
| 5 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 provide | obj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 persons | advmod |
| 8 | wealthy | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 persons | amod |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 provide | nsubj |
| 10 | provide | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gift | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 nation | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 nation | det |
| 13 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 provide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a voluntary gift | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | provide | present | wealthy persons | a voluntary gift | the nation | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to nation=Recipient |
Option 4
It is retained by the Prime Minister for personal use
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 retained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 retained | aux:pass |
| 3 | retained | retain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 Minister | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Minister | det |
| 6 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 7 Minister | compound |
| 7 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 retained | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 use | case |
| 9 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 use | amod |
| 10 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 retained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retain | present · passive | the Prime Minister | It | for personal use | tree rules |
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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