Exam question 3 · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the arrangements announced in January 2020.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, arrangements · What happens: select, establish, concern, announce · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 arrangements	det
11	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 announced	nsubj
12	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 concerning	ccomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 January	case
14	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 announced	obl
15	2020	2020	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 January	nmod:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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				tree rules
4	announce speech: other	past	the arrangements		january		vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex withdrew as senior working members of the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duke	det
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 withdrew	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Duchess	cc
4	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Duke	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Sussex	case
6	Sussex	Sussex	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Duke	nmod
7	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 members	case
9	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 members	amod
10	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 members	amod
11	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 withdrew	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 family	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 family	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	the Duke of Sussex and Duchess					as senior working members of the family	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were expelled from the United Kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duke	det
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 expelled	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Duchess	cc
4	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Duke	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Sussex	case
6	Sussex	Sussex	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Duchess	nmod
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 expelled	aux:pass
8	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 Kingdom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Kingdom	det
11	United	United	PROPN	_	12 Kingdom	flat
12	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 expelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel	past · passive		the Duke and Duchess of Sussex		the United Kingdom			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from kingdom=Source

Option 3

The Duke of Sussex was deprived of the title of prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duke	det
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deprived	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Sussex	case
4	Sussex	Sussex	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Duke	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deprived	aux:pass
6	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 title	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 title	det
9	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deprived	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 prince	case
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 title	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	past · passive		the Duke of Sussex				of the title of prince	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of title=Theme
2	title			prince					nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The Duke of Sussex renounced his position in the line of succession to the throne

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duke	det
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 renounced	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Sussex	case
4	Sussex	Sussex	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Duke	nmod
5	renounced	renounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 position	nmod:poss
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renounced	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 line	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 line	det
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renounced	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 succession	case
12	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 line	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 throne	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 throne	det
15	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	renounce	past	the Duke of Sussex	Duke's position		the line of succession		to the throne	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Source

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