Exam question 3 · The people who were already there: what colonisation did

Ascertain the significance of the Mabo decision rendered by the High Court of Australia in 1992.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, render · To what, where: significance, Mabo decision, 1992

This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «The people who were already there: what colonisation did» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 decision	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decision	det
6	Mabo	Mabo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 decision	compound
7	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
8	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 decision	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 Court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Court	det
11	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Court	amod
12	Court	Court	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rendered	obl:agent
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Australia	case
14	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Court	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 1992	case
16	1992	1992	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 rendered	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the Mabo decision					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	render	participle		the Mabo decision not said here		1992			vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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

It ratified the Treaty of Waitangi

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	2 ratified	nsubj
2	ratified	ratify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Treaty	det
4	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ratified	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Waitangi	case
6	Waitangi	Waitangi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Treaty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ratify	past	It	the Treaty of Waitangi					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It rejected the doctrine that the land had belonged to no one

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	2 rejected	nsubj
2	rejected	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doctrine	det
4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejected	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 belonged	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 belonged	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 belonged	aux
9	belonged	belong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 rejected	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 one	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 belonged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	past	It	the doctrine					vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctrine=Theme
2	belong	past · perfect	the land		no one				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It established the Commonwealth of Australia

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	2 established	nsubj
2	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Commonwealth	det
4	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 established	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Australia	case
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Commonwealth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	past	It	the Commonwealth of Australia					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commonwealth=Patient

Option 4

It abolished the Australian monarchy and established a republic

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	2 abolished	nsubj
2	abolished	abolish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monarchy	det
4	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monarchy	amod
5	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolished	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 established	cc
7	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abolished	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 republic	det
9	republic	republic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past	It	the Australian monarchy					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme
2	establish	past		a republic					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent republic=Patient

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