Exam question 3 · Africa: countries and capitals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capital cities of the Republic of South Africa?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: capital cities

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» 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	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	11 cities	det
10	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cities	amod
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Republic	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Republic	det
14	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 cities	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Africa	case
16	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Africa	compound
17	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Republic	nmod
18	?	?	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 capital cities of the Republic of South Africa				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

Johannesburg is the sole capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 capital	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 capital	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capital	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 capital	amod
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Johannesburg	the sole capital					tree rules

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

Pretoria is the seat of government, Cape Town of parliament, and Bloemfontein of the highest courts

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretoria	Pretoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seat	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seat	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seat	det
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 government	case
6	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seat	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Town	punct
8	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Town	compound
9	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seat	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 parliament	case
11	parliament	parliament	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Town	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Bloemfontein	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Bloemfontein	cc
14	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seat	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 courts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 courts	det
17	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 courts	amod
18	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 Bloemfontein	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Pretoria	the seat and Bloemfontein of the highest courts				of government; Cape Town of parliament nmod	tree rules

Option 3

Durban and Pretoria share all functions equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Durban	Durban	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 share	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Pretoria	cc
3	Pretoria	Pretoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Durban	conj
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 functions	det
6	functions	function	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 share	obj
7	equally	equally	ADV	_	4 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	Durban and Pretoria	all functions				equally property	tree rules

Option 4

Cape Town is the sole capital in respect of all functions of the state, including the courts

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Town	compound
2	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 capital	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 capital	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 capital	det
5	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 capital	amod
6	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 capital	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 functions	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 functions	det
11	functions	function	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 respect	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 state	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 state	det
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 functions	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 courts	punct
16	including	including	ADP	_	18 courts	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 courts	det
18	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 capital	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cape Town	the sole capital and the courts		respect of all functions of the state			tree rules
2	respect			all functions of the state					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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