Exam question 4 · Africa: countries and capitals

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Federal Republic

This is exam question 4 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	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	12 Republic	det
11	Federal	Federal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Republic	amod
12	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Nigeria	case
14	Nigeria	Nigeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Republic	nmod
15	.	.	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 Federal Republic of Nigeria		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus republic=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 the least populous state in West Africa

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	6 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
4	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 state	amod
5	populous	populous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 state	amod
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
8	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Africa	compound
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 state	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the least populous state		West Africa			tree rules

Option 2

Its capital was transferred from Abuja to Lagos in 1991, Lagos being the most populous city in Africa

The tree, 18 words

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 capital	nmod:poss
2	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transferred	aux:pass
4	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Abuja	case
6	Abuja	Abuja	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Lagos	case
8	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1991	case
10	1991	1991	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 transferred	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 city	punct
12	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 city	nsubj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 city	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 city	det
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 populous	advmod
16	populous	populous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 city	amod
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 Africa	case
19	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	past · passive		Its capital	Lagos	Abuja		in 1991	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from abuja=Initial_Location to lagos=Destination
2	is a	gerund	Lagos	the populous city		Africa			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is the most populous state in Africa, and its capital was transferred from Lagos to Abuja in 1991

The tree, 19 words

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	6 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 populous	advmod
5	populous	populous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 state	amod
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Africa	case
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 state	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 transferred	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 transferred	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 capital	nmod:poss
12	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 transferred	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 transferred	aux:pass
14	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 state	acl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 Lagos	case
16	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 transferred	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 Abuja	case
18	Abuja	Abuja	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 transferred	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 1991	case
20	1991	1991	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 transferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the populous state		Africa			tree rules
2	transfer	past · passive	the populous state not said here	state's capital	Abuja	Lagos		in 1991	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from lagos=Initial_Location to abuja=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is the largest African state by area, with its capital at Lagos

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	6 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 state	amod
5	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 state	amod
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 area	case
8	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 state	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 capital	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 capital	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 capital	nmod:poss
12	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 state	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Lagos	case
14	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 capital	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest African state				by area; with area's capital at Lagos	tree rules

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