Exam question 1 · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» 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 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 Britain	case
12	Great	Great	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Britain	flat
13	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Kingdom	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Kingdom	det
16	United	United	PROPN	_	17 Kingdom	flat
17	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Britain	conj
18	?	?	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 relationship				of the following statements; between Great Britain and the United Kingdom; 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

The United Kingdom excludes Wales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Kingdom	det
2	United	United	PROPN	_	3 Kingdom	flat
3	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 excludes	nsubj
4	excludes	exclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 excludes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present	the United Kingdom	Wales					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer wales=Theme

Option 2

Great Britain additionally comprises Northern Ireland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Britain	amod
2	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 comprises	nsubj
3	additionally	additionally	ADV	_	4 comprises	advmod
4	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Northern	Northern	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ireland	flat
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 comprises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	Great Britain	Northern Ireland				additionally property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ireland=Pivot

Option 3

They are identical in extent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 identical	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 identical	cop
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 extent	case
5	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 identical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			extent		identical property	tree rules

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

Great Britain is an island; the United Kingdom additionally comprises Northern Ireland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Britain	amod
2	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 island	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 island	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 island	det
5	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 comprises	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Kingdom	det
8	United	United	PROPN	_	9 Kingdom	flat
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 comprises	nsubj
10	additionally	additionally	ADV	_	11 comprises	advmod
11	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 island	conj
12	Northern	Northern	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Ireland	flat
13	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 comprises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Great Britain	a island					tree rules
2	comprise	present	the United Kingdom	Northern Ireland				additionally property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ireland=Pivot

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