Exam question 3 · Resources and what countries trade

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the trade in services.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, trade, services

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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 trade	det
11	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 services	case
13	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 trade	services		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trade=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

States export services such as banking, insurance, software and tourism

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 export	nsubj
2	export	export	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 export	obj
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 banking	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	4 such	fixed
6	banking	banking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 services	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 insurance	punct
8	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banking	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 software	punct
10	software	software	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banking	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tourism	cc
12	tourism	tourism	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	export	present	States	services				such banking and insurance and software and tourism	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme

Option 2

The export of services is prohibited by international agreement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 export	det
2	export	export	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 services	case
4	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 export	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prohibited	aux:pass
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 agreement	case
8	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 agreement	amod
9	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	international agreement	the export of services					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

Only tangible goods may be exported between states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 goods	advmod
2	tangible	tangible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goods	amod
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 exported	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 exported	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 exported	aux:pass
6	exported	export	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 states	case
8	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	export	may · passive		tangible goods				between states	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Services are consumed exclusively within the state that produces them, and never abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 consumed	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 state	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 state	det
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 produces	nsubj
9	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 state	acl:relcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 produces	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 abroad	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 abroad	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 abroad	advmod
14	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	3 consumed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		Services				within the state; abroad, exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	produce	present	the state	Services = service					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result

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