Exam question 4 · The United States

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the official language of the United States.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, official language

This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The United States» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 language	det
11	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 language	amod
12	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 States	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 States	det
15	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 States	amod
16	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 language	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the official language of the United States		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus language=Experiencer

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

Spanish was so designated in 1565

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 designated	advmod
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1565	case
6	1565	1565	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 designated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive		Spanish		1565			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

English was so designated by Congress in 1776

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 designated	advmod
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Congress	case
6	Congress	Congress	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1776	case
8	1776	1776	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 designated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive	Congress	English		1776			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

English was so designated by presidential order in 2025

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 designated	advmod
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 order	case
6	presidential	presidential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 order	amod
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 2025	case
9	2025	2025	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 designated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive	presidential order	English		2025			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

No language has ever been so designated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 language	det
2	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 designated	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 designated	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 designated	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 designated	aux:pass
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 designated	advmod
7	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · perfect · passive		no language			ever		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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