Exam question 4 · What politics is: deciding things together

Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the assertion that all politicians are untruthful.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, assertion · What happens: identify, be, respect · To what, where: course, assertion

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 reasoning	case
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reasoning	compound
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reasoning	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 assertion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 assertion	det
15	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nmod
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 untruthful	nsubj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 politicians	det
18	politicians	politician	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 untruthful	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 untruthful	cop
20	untruthful	untruthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 assertion	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	is	present	the assertion		untruthful property	tree rules
3	respect			the assertion		nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Examination of the record of each individual politician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 record	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 record	det
4	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Examination	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 politician	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 politician	det
7	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 politician	amod
8	politician	politician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 record	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine			the record of each individual politician					nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient
2	record			each individual politician					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Unqualified acceptance of the assertion as stated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acceptance	amod
2	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 assertion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 assertion	det
5	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acceptance	nmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 stated	mark
7	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acceptance	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	participle		Unqualified acceptance of the assertion not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	accept			the assertion					nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Abstention from any consideration of public affairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 consideration	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 consideration	det
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstention	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 affairs	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 affairs	amod
7	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consideration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider			public affairs					nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Unqualified rejection of any possibility of untruthfulness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rejection	amod
2	rejection	rejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 possibility	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 possibility	det
5	possibility	possibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejection	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 untruthfulness	case
7	untruthfulness	untruthfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possibility	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject			any possibility of untruthfulness					nom rejection «act transitive»: of=patient

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