Exam question 2 · Bad news, protests and helping others

Identify the principal purpose of a petition.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, petition · What happens: identify, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 petition	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 petition	det
7	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of a petition					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		a petition						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To impose a new law without any further deliberation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 impose	mark
2	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 law	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 law	amod
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impose	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	9 deliberation	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 deliberation	det
8	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deliberation	amod
9	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	to-infinitive		a new law				without any further deliberation	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

Option 2

To collect funds on behalf of a registered charity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 collect	mark
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 behalf	case
5	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collect	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 charity	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 charity	det
8	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 charity	amod
9	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	to-infinitive		funds		behalf of a registered charity			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fund=Theme
2	register	participle							vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To demonstrate the number of persons requesting a particular change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demonstrate	mark
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 number	nmod
7	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 persons	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 change	det
9	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 change	amod
10	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requesting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	to-infinitive		the number of persons					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic
2	request	gerund	persons not said here	a particular change					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent change=Recipient

Option 4

To record the votes cast at a general election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 votes	det
4	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cast	nsubj
5	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 record	ccomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 election	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 election	det
8	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 election	amod
9	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	cast	present	the votes			a general election			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at election=Destination

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