Exam question 2 · The Middle East and Central Asia

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the status of the city of Jerusalem.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, status

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» of the geography 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 status	det
11	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 status	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Jerusalem	case
16	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 city	nmod
17	.	.	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 status of the city of Jerusalem		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus status=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 internationally recognised as the capital of Jordan

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 recognised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recognised	aux:pass
3	internationally	internationally	ADV	_	4 recognised	advmod
4	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 capital	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 capital	det
7	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recognised	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Jordan	case
9	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 capital	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	present · passive		It				as the capital of Jordan; internationally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as capital=Attribute

Option 2

Its status is universally recognised and undisputed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 status	nmod:poss
2	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recognised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 recognised	aux:pass
4	universally	universally	ADV	_	5 recognised	advmod
5	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 undisputed	cc
7	undisputed	undisputed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recognised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	present · passive		Its status				universally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

It has been designated by all states as a neutral zone without government

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 designated	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 designated	aux:pass
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 states	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 states	det
7	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 designated	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 zone	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 zone	det
10	neutral	neutral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 zone	amod
11	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 government	case
13	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · perfect · passive	government	It				by all states; as a neutral zone	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as zone=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Israel designates it as its capital, whereas its status remains disputed and most states maintain embassies in Tel Aviv

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 designates	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 capital	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 capital	nmod:poss
6	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 remains	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 remains	mark
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 status	nmod:poss
10	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	nsubj
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 designates	parataxis
12	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 remains	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 maintain	cc
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 states	amod
15	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 maintain	nsubj
16	maintain	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 remains	conj
17	embassies	embassy	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 maintain	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 Tel	case
19	Tel	Tel	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 maintain	obl
20	Aviv	Aviv	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Tel	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	designate	present	Israel	it		as its capital	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme as capital=Attribute
2	remain	present	capital's status				tree rules
3	dispute	participle	capital's status not said here				vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	maintain	present	most states	embassies	Tel		vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent embassy=Theme

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