Exam question 1 · What politics is: deciding things together

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity designated "politics"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: activity · What happens: follow, characteris, designate · To what, where: activity, politics

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics 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 activity	det
10	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 activity	acl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 politics	punct
13	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 designated	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 politics	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the activity	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	participle	the activity not said here	politics		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

The broadcasting of disputes between public figures for the purposes of entertainment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 broadcasting	det
2	broadcasting	broadcasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 disputes	case
4	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broadcasting	nmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 figures	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 figures	amod
7	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disputes	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purposes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purposes	det
10	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 figures	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 entertainment	case
12	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purposes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purpose		entertainment						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The exclusive conduct of affairs within a national legislature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
2	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 affairs	case
5	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conduct	nmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 legislature	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 legislature	det
8	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 legislature	amod
9	legislature	legislature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct			affairs				within a national legislature	nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl

Option 3

The study of monarchs of former centuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 study	det
2	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 monarchs	case
4	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 study	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 centuries	case
6	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 centuries	amod
7	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 monarchs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study			monarchs of former centuries					nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The process whereby a group arrives at decisions binding upon all its members

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 process	det
2	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 arrives	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arrives	nsubj
6	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 process	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 decisions	case
8	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 arrives	obl
9	binding	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 decisions	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 members	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 members	det:predet
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 members	nmod:poss
13	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 binding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	a group			decisions		whereby property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bind	gerund	decisions not said here					upon group's members	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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