Exam question 2 · Adverts, slogans and polls

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an opinion poll?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: opinion poll

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 poll	det
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 poll	compound
11	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a opinion poll				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A binding vote which determines the result of the election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vote	det
2	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vote	compound
3	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 determines	nsubj
5	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 vote	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 result	det
7	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determines	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 election	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 election	det
10	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 result	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	a binding vote	the result of the election					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Topic
2	result			the election					nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter, conducted by the electoral commission before polling day

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 count	det
2	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 count	amod
3	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 intentions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 intentions	det
6	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 count	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 voter	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 voter	det
9	eligible	eligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voter	amod
10	voter	voter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intentions	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 conducted	punct
12	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 count	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 commission	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 commission	det
15	electoral	electoral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 commission	amod
16	commission	commission	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conducted	obl
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 polling	mark
18	polling	poll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 conducted	advcl
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 polling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	participle	a complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter not said here		by the electoral commission	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by commission=Destination
2	poll	gerund		day		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	intend		every eligible voter			nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

An advertisement financed by a candidate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 advertisement	det
2	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	financed	finance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 advertisement	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 candidate	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 candidate	det
6	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 financed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finance	participle		a advertisement not said here				by a candidate	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An estimate derived from a sample selected to resemble the population, subject to a margin of error

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 estimate	det
2	estimate	estimate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 estimate	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sample	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sample	det
6	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derived	obl
7	selected	select	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sample	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 resemble	mark
9	resemble	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 selected	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 population	det
11	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resemble	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 subject	punct
13	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 population	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 margin	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 margin	det
16	margin	margin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resemble	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 error	case
18	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 margin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	derive	participle	a estimate not said here	a sample		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from sample=Material
2	select	participle	a sample not said here			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
3	resemble	to-infinitive	the population and subject		to a margin of error	tree rules

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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