Exam question 3 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Commonwealth of Nations?

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 Commonwealth	det
10	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Nations	case
12	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 Commonwealth	nmod
13	?	?	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 Commonwealth of Nations				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

A voluntary association of fifty-six states, the majority formerly within the British Empire

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 association	det
2	voluntary	voluntary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 association	amod
3	association	association	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 states	case
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 six	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fifty	punct
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 states	nummod
8	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 association	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 majority	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 majority	det
11	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 association	appos
12	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	11 majority	advmod
13	within	within	ADP	_	16 Empire	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Empire	det
15	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Empire	amod
16	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 association	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A customs union of twenty-seven European states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 union	det
2	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 union	compound
3	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 states	case
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 seven	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 twenty	punct
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 states	nummod
8	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 states	amod
9	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 union	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A military alliance obliged to mutual defence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 alliance	det
2	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 alliance	amod
3	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 alliance	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 defence	case
6	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 defence	amod
7	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	participle		a military alliance not said here				to mutual defence	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A single sovereign state governed from London

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 state	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	amod
3	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	compound
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 governed	nsubj
5	governed	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 London	case
7	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 governed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past	a single sovereign state			London			vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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