Exam question 2 · Australia and New Zealand: a short story

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal source of dispute arising from the Treaty of Waitangi?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal source · What happens: follow, characteris, arise · To what, where: principal source, Treaty

This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: a short story» of the history 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	11 source	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 source	amod
11	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 dispute	case
13	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 source	nmod
14	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 source	acl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 Treaty	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Treaty	det
17	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 arising	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Waitangi	case
19	Waitangi	Waitangi	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Treaty	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the principal source of dispute		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	arise	gerund	the principal source of dispute not said here		the Treaty of Waitangi		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Its being written in French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 French	case
5	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund · passive		Its = it		French			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in french=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Divergence between its English and Māori texts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Divergence	divergence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	between	between	ADP	_	7 texts	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 texts	nmod:poss
4	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 texts	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Māori	cc
6	Māori	māori	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 English	conj
7	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Divergence	nmod

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

Option 3

Its cession of New Zealand to Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cession	nmod:poss
2	cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Zealand	case
4	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Zealand	flat
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cession	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Australia	case
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede		Its = it	New Zealand				to Australia	nom cession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient to=obl

Option 4

Its never having been signed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 signed	nmod:poss
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 signed	advmod
3	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 signed	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 signed	aux:pass
5	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sign	gerund · perfect · passive							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»

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