Exam question 3 · Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rig…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, draft · To what, where: drafting, Universal Declaration

This is exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» 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	10 drafting	det
10	drafting	drafting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Declaration	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Declaration	det
13	Universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Declaration	amod
14	Declaration	Declaration	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 drafting	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Rights	case
16	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Rights	amod
17	Rights	Right	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 Declaration	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	draft		the Universal Declaration of Human Rights		nom drafting «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It was proclaimed by a medieval monarch in the year 1215

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 proclaimed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proclaimed	aux:pass
3	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 monarch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 monarch	det
6	medieval	medieval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 monarch	amod
7	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proclaimed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 year	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 monarch	nmod
11	1215	1215	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proclaim	past · passive	a medieval monarch in the year	It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It was written by a single French lawyer and adopted by every government without amendment

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 lawyer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lawyer	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lawyer	amod
7	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lawyer	amod
8	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 adopted	cc
10	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 written	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 government	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 government	det
13	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adopted	obl
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 amendment	case
15	amendment	amendment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive	a single French lawyer	It					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	adopt	participle	a single French lawyer not said here					by every government; without amendment	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was prepared by persons from many countries under the chairmanship of Eleanor Roosevelt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prepared	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 prepared	aux:pass
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prepared	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 countries	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 countries	amod
8	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prepared	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 chairmanship	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chairmanship	det
11	chairmanship	chairmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prepared	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Eleanor	case
13	Eleanor	Eleanor	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 chairmanship	nmod
14	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Eleanor	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	past · passive	persons	It		many countries		under the chairmanship of Eleanor	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product from country=Material

Option 4

It was drafted exclusively by Chinese scholars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drafted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drafted	aux:pass
3	drafted	draft	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 drafted	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 scholars	case
6	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scholars	amod
7	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drafted	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draft	past · passive	Chinese scholars	It				exclusively property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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