Exam question 4 · US elections and the president, as reported
Determine the date upon which the term of office of a newly elected President of the United States commences.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, term · What happens: determine, elect, commence, term · To what, where: date, office
This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «US elections and the president, as reported» 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 date | det |
| 3 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 commences | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 term | det |
| 7 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 commences | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 office | case |
| 9 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 term | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 President | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 President | det |
| 12 | newly | newly | ADV | _ | 13 elected | advmod |
| 13 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 President | amod |
| 14 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 office | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 States | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 States | det |
| 17 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 States | amod |
| 18 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 President | nmod |
| 19 | commences | commence | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 date | acl:relcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the date | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic | ||||
| 2 | elect | participle | newly property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | commence | present | the term of office of a elected President of the United States | upon the date | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | term | office of a elected President of the United States | nom term «communication 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 sixth day of January
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | sixth | sixth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 January | case |
| 5 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The twentieth day of January
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | twentieth | twentieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 January | case |
| 5 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The fourth day of July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 July | case |
| 5 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The first day of January
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 January | case |
| 5 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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