Exam question 1 · Debates and rows on chat shows

Identify the principal function of the moderator in a televised debate between candidates.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, televise · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 moderator	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moderator	det
7	moderator	moderator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 debate	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 debate	det
10	televised	televise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 debate	amod
11	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moderator	nmod
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 candidates	case
13	candidates	candidate	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 debate	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the moderator in a televised debate between candidates					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	televise	participle							vn transcribe-25.4 «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 right answer

To pose the questions and to ensure that each participant adheres to the allotted time

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pose	mark
2	pose	pose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 questions	det
4	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pose	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ensure	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 ensure	mark
7	ensure	ensure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 pose	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 adheres	mark
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 participant	det
10	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 adheres	nsubj
11	adheres	adhere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ensure	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 time	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	allotted	allot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 adheres	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pose	to-infinitive		the questions		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Attribute
2	ensure	to-infinitive				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	adhere	present	each participant		time	vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
4	allot	participle				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To conduct a vote among the members of the studio audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conduct	mark
2	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vote	det
4	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conduct	obj
5	among	among	ADP	_	7 members	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 members	det
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conduct	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 audience	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 audience	det
10	studio	studio	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 audience	compound
11	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	to-infinitive		a vote		the members of the studio audience			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent vote=Theme among member=Destination

Option 3

To deliver the opening statements on behalf of the candidates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	opening	opening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deliver	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 behalf	case
7	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 candidates	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 candidates	det
10	candidates	candidate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		the opening statements		behalf of the candidates			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Patient

Option 4

To determine and announce which candidate has prevailed, in accordance with the rules of the broadcaster

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 announce	cc
4	announce	announce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 determine	conj
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 candidate	det
6	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prevailed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prevailed	aux
8	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 announce	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 accordance	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 accordance	case
11	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 rules	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rules	det
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 accordance	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 broadcaster	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 broadcaster	det
17	broadcaster	broadcaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive			accordance with the rules of the broadcaster	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	announce speech: other	infinitive				vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	prevail	present · perfect · passive		which candidate		tree rules
4	rule		the broadcaster			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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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