Exam question 2 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth

Identify the prerogative peculiar to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: prerogative peculiar

This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peculiar	det
3	prerogative	prerogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 peculiar	amod
4	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 members	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 members	det
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 members	amod
8	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Council	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Council	det
11	Security	Security	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Council	compound
12	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 members	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Nations	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Nations	det
15	United	United	PROPN	_	16 Nations	compound
16	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 Council	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the prerogative peculiar				to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent peculiar=Theme to member=be'

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

Each may expel any other member state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 expel	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 expel	aux
3	expel	expel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 state	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 state	amod
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	compound
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel	may	Each	any other member state					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Theme

Option 2

Each may relocate the headquarters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 relocate	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 relocate	aux
3	relocate	relocate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 headquarters	det
5	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 relocate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	may	Each	the headquarters					tree rules

Option 3

Each may cast a double vote in the General Assembly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 cast	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux
3	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vote	det
5	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vote	amod
6	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 Assembly	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Assembly	det
9	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Assembly	flat
10	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	may	Each	a double vote		the General Assembly			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vote=Theme in assembly=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each may veto a decision of the Council

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 veto	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 veto	aux
3	veto	veto	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 decision	det
5	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 veto	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Council	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Council	det
8	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 decision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	veto	may	Each	a decision of the Council					tree rules
2	decide			the Council					nom decision «act transitive»: of=patient

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