Exam question 2 · Europe: countries and capitals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the seat of government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: seat

This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Europe: countries and capitals» 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 seat	det
10	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 government	case
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seat	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Kingdom	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Kingdom	det
15	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seat	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Netherlands	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Netherlands	det
18	Netherlands	Netherlands	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Kingdom	nmod
19	?	?	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 seat of government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands				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 government sits at Rotterdam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Rotterdam	case
5	Rotterdam	Rotterdam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the government			Rotterdam			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at rotterdam=Location

Option 2

The government sits at Brussels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Brussels	case
5	Brussels	Brussels	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the government			Brussels			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at brussels=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The government sits at The Hague, though Amsterdam is the capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 Hague	case
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hague	det
6	Hague	Hague	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 capital	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 capital	mark
9	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 capital	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 capital	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 capital	det
12	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the government			the Hague			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at hague=Location
2	is a	present	Amsterdam	the capital					tree rules

Option 4

The government sits at Amsterdam, which is the capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Amsterdam	case
5	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 capital	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 capital	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 capital	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 capital	det
10	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Amsterdam	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the government			Amsterdam			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at amsterdam=Location
2	is a	present	Amsterdam	the capital					tree rules

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