Exam question 2 · What politics is: deciding things together

Given that a municipal authority possesses a finite budget, identify the necessary consequence of an increase in expenditure upon one service.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: municipal authority, you · What happens: give, possess, identify · To what, where: finite budget, necessary consequence

This is exam question 2 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 possesses	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 possesses	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 authority	det
4	municipal	municipal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 authority	amod
5	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possesses	nsubj
6	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 identify	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 budget	det
8	finite	finite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 budget	amod
9	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possesses	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 identify	punct
11	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consequence	det
13	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 consequence	amod
14	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 identify	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 increase	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 increase	det
17	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consequence	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 expenditure	case
19	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 increase	nmod
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 service	case
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 service	nummod
22	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 identify	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	possess	present	a municipal authority	a finite budget		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot budget=Theme
3	identify	imperative	you not said here	the necessary consequence of a increase in expenditure	upon one service	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=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 · ✓ the right answer

A corresponding reduction in the sums available for other services

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reduction	det
2	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 reduction	amod
3	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 available	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sums	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sums	det
6	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reduction	nmod
7	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 services	case
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 services	amod
10	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correspond	gerund							vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No consequence whatsoever for any other service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 consequence	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 service	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 service	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 service	amod
7	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod

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

Option 3

The abolition of all taxation within the municipality

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abolition	det
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 taxation	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 taxation	det
5	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 municipality	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 municipality	det
8	municipality	municipality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			all taxation				within the municipality	nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl

Option 4

An automatic and corresponding increase in the total budget of the authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 increase	det
2	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 increase	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 corresponding	cc
4	corresponding	correspond	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 automatic	conj
5	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 budget	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 budget	det
8	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 budget	amod
9	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increase	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 authority	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 authority	det
12	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 budget	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correspond	gerund							vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	budget		the authority						nom budget «possession intransitive»: of=agent

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