Exam question 2 · Latin America and the Caribbean

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: capitals

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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	10 capitals	det
10	capitals	capital	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 State	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 State	det
13	Plurinational	Plurinational	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 State	compound
14	State	State	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 capitals	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Bolivia	case
16	Bolivia	Bolivia	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 State	nmod
17	?	?	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 capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia				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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sucre is the constitutional capital, whereas the seat of government is situated in La Paz

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sucre	sucre	NOUN	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	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 capital	amod
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 situated	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	13 situated	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seat	det
9	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 situated	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 government	case
11	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seat	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 situated	aux:pass
13	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 capital	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 La	case
15	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 situated	obl:agent
16	Paz	Paz	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 La	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sucre	the constitutional capital					tree rules
2	situate	present · passive	La	the seat of government					vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

La Paz is the sole capital in respect of all functions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 capital	nsubj
2	Paz	Paz	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 La	flat
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

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

Option 3

Sucre is the seat of government, whereas La Paz is a coastal port

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sucre	sucre	NOUN	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	_	14 port	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	14 port	case
9	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 port	nsubj
10	Paz	Paz	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 La	flat
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 port	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 port	det
13	coastal	coastal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 port	amod
14	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sucre	the seat and a coastal port				of government	tree rules
2	is	present	La					whereas a coastal port	tree rules

Option 4

Bolivia possesses no designated capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bolivia	Bolivia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 capital	det
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 capital	amod
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Bolivia	no designated capital					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot capital=Theme
2	designate	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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