Exam question 4 · Gemstones and precious metals

Pursuant to the tracking of so-termed "conflict diamonds", identify the purpose of such tracking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tracking, you, such tracking · What happens: term, identify, purpose · To what, where: conflict diamonds, purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	14 identify	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 tracking	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tracking	det
4	tracking	tracking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 termed	mark
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 termed	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 so	punct
8	termed	term	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tracking	acl:relcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 diamonds	punct
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diamonds	compound
11	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 termed	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 diamonds	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
14	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 purpose	det
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 tracking	case
18	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tracking	amod
19	tracking	tracking	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 purpose	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	term	participle	the tracking not said here	conflict diamonds		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	identify	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of such tracking	pursuant property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
3	purpose		such tracking			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To record the weight of each gem for taxation only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weight	det
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 gem	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gem	det
7	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weight	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 taxation	case
9	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obl
10	only	only	ADV	_	2 record	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the weight of each gem				for taxation	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme

Option 2

To ascertain the colour of each gem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ascertain	mark
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 gem	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gem	det
7	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	to-infinitive		the colour of each gem					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To demonstrate that gems have not financed armed conflict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demonstrate	mark
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 financed	mark
4	gems	gem	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 financed	nsubj:pass
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 financed	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 financed	advmod
7	financed	finance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrate	ccomp
8	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conflict	amod
9	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 financed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	not finance	present · perfect · passive		gems					tree rules

Option 4

To certify the hardness of each gem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 certify	mark
2	certify	certify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hardness	det
4	hardness	hardness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 certify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 gem	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gem	det
7	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hardness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	certify	to-infinitive		the hardness of each gem					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hardness=Theme

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