Exam question 1 · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the functions of a local council?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: functions
This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 functions | det |
| 10 | functions | function | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 council | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 council | det |
| 13 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 council | amod |
| 14 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 functions | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the functions of a local council | of the following statements; accurately property | 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
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It maintains roads, parks, libraries and refuse collection and determines planning
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 | 2 maintains | nsubj |
| 2 | maintains | maintain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 maintains | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 parks | punct |
| 5 | parks | park | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 roads | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 libraries | punct |
| 7 | libraries | library | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 roads | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 refuse | cc |
| 9 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 2 maintains | conj |
| 10 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 refuse | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 determines | cc |
| 12 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 maintains | conj |
| 13 | planning | planning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 determines | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | maintain | present | It | roads and parks and libraries | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent road=Theme | ||||
| 2 | refuse | present | collection | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Theme | |||||
| 3 | determine | present | planning | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planning=Topic |
Option 2
It commands the armed forces and conducts foreign relations
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 | 2 commands | nsubj |
| 2 | commands | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 forces | det |
| 4 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 forces | amod |
| 5 | forces | force | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 commands | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 conducts | cc |
| 7 | conducts | conduct | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 forces | conj |
| 8 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 relations | amod |
| 9 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 commands | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | command | present | It | the armed forces and conducts | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a private company which sells houses to residents
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 company | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 company | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 company | det |
| 4 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 company | amod |
| 5 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 sells | nsubj |
| 7 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 company | acl:relcl |
| 8 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sells | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 residents | case |
| 10 | residents | resident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a private company | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sell | present | a private company | houses | residents | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Theme to resident=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It is a court which sentences persons for criminal offences
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 | 4 court | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 court | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 court | det |
| 4 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 persons | nsubj |
| 6 | sentences | sentence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 persons | compound |
| 7 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 court | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 offences | case |
| 9 | criminal | criminal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 offences | amod |
| 10 | offences | offence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 persons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a court | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | person | a court | for criminal offences | 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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