Exam question 4 · Votes, parties and the people in charge
It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government. Determine the most appropriate characterisation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: relatives, you · What happens: give, disagree, regard, determine · To what, where: It, appropriate characterisation
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that relatives disagree vehemently regarding the government.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 disagree | mark |
| 5 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 disagree | nsubj |
| 6 | disagree | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 7 | vehemently | vehemently | ADV | _ | 6 disagree | advmod |
| 8 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 government | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 government | det |
| 10 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disagree | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | disagree | present | relatives | regard the government; vehemently property | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the most appropriate characterisation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 characterisation | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 appropriate | advmod |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 characterisation | amod |
| 5 | characterisation | characterisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate characterisation | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Evidence that one relative has committed an offence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 committed | mark |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 relative | nummod |
| 4 | relative | relative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 committed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 committed | aux |
| 6 | committed | commit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Evidence | appos |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 offence | det |
| 8 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 committed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commit | present · perfect · passive | one relative | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset offence=Goal |
Option 2
Proof that one of the political parties is wicked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wicked | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Proof | appos |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 parties | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parties | det |
| 6 | political | political | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 parties | amod |
| 7 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 one | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wicked | cop |
| 9 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Proof | wicked property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A common and legitimate difference of political opinion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 difference | det |
| 2 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 difference | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 legitimate | cc |
| 4 | legitimate | legitimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 common | conj |
| 5 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 opinion | case |
| 7 | political | political | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 opinion | amod |
| 8 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 difference | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A matter which the law forbids families to discuss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 matter | det |
| 2 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 forbids | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forbids | nsubj |
| 6 | forbids | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 matter | acl:relcl |
| 7 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 forbids | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 discuss | mark |
| 9 | discuss | discuss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 forbids | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | present | the law | a matter | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | discuss speech: other | to-infinitive | the law not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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