Exam question 4 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

Determine the meaning of the expression "peaceful transfer of power" as employed in respect of elections.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, employ, mean, transfer, respect · To what, where: meaning, respect, expression, power, elections

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 transfer	punct
8	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 transfer	amod
9	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expression	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 power	case
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transfer	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 transfer	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 employed	mark
14	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 respect	case
16	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 employed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 elections	case
18	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 respect	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the expression		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here		respect of elections	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the expression		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	transfer in a quote			power		nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			elections		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

The relinquishment of office by the losing side to the winning side without violence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relinquishment	det
2	relinquishment	relinquishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 office	case
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relinquishment	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relinquishment	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 side	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 side	det
11	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 side	amod
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 violence	case
14	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	gerund			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	win	gerund			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	relinquish		the losing side to the winning side without violence	office	nom relinquishment «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

The appointment of a leader by the armed forces, followed by the transfer of the losing side's offices to the army

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 appointment	det
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 leader	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 leader	det
5	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appointment	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 forces	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forces	det
8	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forces	amod
9	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 leader	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 followed	punct
11	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 appointment	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 transfer	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 transfer	det
14	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 followed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	20 offices	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 side	det
17	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 side	amod
18	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 offices	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 side	case
20	offices	office	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 transfer	nmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 army	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 army	det
23	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 offices	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	participle	the appointment of a leader by the armed forces not said here	by the transfer of the losing side's offices to the army	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by transfer=Location
2	lose	gerund			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	transfer		the losing side's offices to the army		nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The retention of office by the losing side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 retention	det
2	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 office	case
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retention	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	retain		the losing side	office					nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

The abolition of all future elections

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	_	6 elections	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 elections	det
5	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elections	amod
6	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			all future elections					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

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