Exam question 3 · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning freedom in a free country.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, freedom, free country

This is exam question 3 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	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	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 country	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 country	det
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 country	amod
14	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	freedom	a free country		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus freedom=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

It is confined to the act of voting at elections

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 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 act	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 act	det
6	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 voting	case
8	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 act	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 elections	case
10	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It		elections		to the act of voting	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to act=Destination
2	act		voting						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is extensive but limited by law where it harms others

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 extensive	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extensive	cop
3	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 limited	cc
5	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 extensive	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extensive	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 harms	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 harms	nsubj
10	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 law	acl:relcl
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 harms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		by law; extensive property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	harm	present	law	others		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer

Option 3

It is granted solely to persons who have attained eighteen

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 granted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 granted	aux:pass
3	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 granted	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 granted	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 attained	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 attained	aux
9	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 persons	acl:relcl
10	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 attained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present · passive		It	persons			solely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to person=Goal
2	attain	present · perfect	persons	eighteen					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eighteen=Theme

Option 4

It is unlimited and permits any conduct whatsoever

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 unlimited	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlimited	cop
3	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 permits	cc
5	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlimited	conj
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permits	obj
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 permits	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unlimited property	tree rules
2	permit	present		any conduct				whatsoever property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme

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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