Exam question 4 · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the debate between the purchase of local produce and of imports.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, purchase · To what, where: response, debate, local produce

This is exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» of the money 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	11 debate	det
11	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	14 purchase	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 purchase	det
14	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 debate	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 produce	case
16	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 produce	amod
17	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purchase	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 imports	cc
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 imports	case
20	imports	import	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 produce	conj
21	.	.	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 debate	between the purchase of local produce and imports	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus debate=Experiencer
4	purchase			local produce and imports		nom purchase «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 · ← Mova's choice

Imports are prohibited by law in every country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imports	import	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Imports		every country			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each position has merit, and opinion is divided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 position	det
2	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 divided	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 divided	cc
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 divided	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 divided	aux:pass
9	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 has	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each position	merit					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Patient
2	divide	present · passive		opinion					vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Local produce is in every respect superior, and all agree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 produce	amod
2	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 respect	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 respect	det
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 respect	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agree	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 agree	cc
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 agree	nsubj
11	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 respect	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Local produce			every respect			tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	present	all						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Imports are in every respect superior, and all agree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imports	import	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 superior	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 superior	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 respect	det
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 superior	obl
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 agree	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 agree	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 agree	nsubj
10	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 superior	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Imports			every respect		superior property	tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	present	all						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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