Exam question 2 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the participation of states in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, states · What happens: select, establish, concern, participate · To what, where: response, participation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts 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 participation	det
11	participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 states	case
13	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 participation	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 Contest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Contest	det
16	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Song	compound
17	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Contest	compound
18	Contest	Contest	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 states	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the participation of states in the Song Contest		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus participation=Experiencer
4	participate		states in the Song Contest			nom participation «act 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

Participation is confined to the victor of the preceding contest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	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 victor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 victor	det
6	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 contest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 contest	det
9	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 contest	amod
10	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 victor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Participation		the victor of the preceding contest			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to victor=Destination
2	precede	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Participation is confined exclusively to member states of the European Union

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 confined	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 states	case
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	compound
7	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Union	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Union	det
10	European	European	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Union	compound
11	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 states	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Participation		member states of the European Union		exclusively property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to state=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Certain states outside Europe, including Australia, are admitted as participants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 states	amod
2	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 admitted	nsubj:pass
3	outside	outside	ADP	_	4 Europe	case
4	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 states	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Australia	punct
6	including	including	ADP	_	7 Australia	case
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Europe	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 states	punct
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 admitted	aux:pass
10	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 participants	case
12	participants	participant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present · passive		Certain states outside Europe and Australia				as participants	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Participation is confined to states in which English is spoken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	_	5 states	case
5	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 spoken	obl
8	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spoken	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spoken	aux:pass
10	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 states	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Participation		states			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to state=Destination
2	speak speech: other	present · passive		English		states			tree rules

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