Exam question 1 · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

Identify the person or persons for whom an elector in the United Kingdom casts a vote at a general election.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, elector · What happens: identify, cast · To what, where: person, vote, general election

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 persons	cc
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 person	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 whom	case
7	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 casts	obl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 elector	det
9	elector	elector	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 casts	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 Kingdom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Kingdom	det
12	United	United	PROPN	_	13 Kingdom	flat
13	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 elector	nmod
14	casts	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 vote	det
16	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 casts	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 election	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 election	det
19	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 election	amod
20	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 casts	obl
21	.	.	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 person or persons					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	cast	present	a elector in the United Kingdom	a vote		a general election			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vote=Product for whom=Beneficiary

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 Sovereign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sovereign	det
2	Sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The Speaker of the House of Commons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Speaker	det
2	Speaker	Speaker	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 House	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 House	det
5	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Speaker	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Commons	case
7	Commons	Commons	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 House	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A Member of Parliament representing the local constituency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Member	det
2	Member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Parliament	case
4	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Member	nmod
5	representing	represent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Member	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 constituency	det
7	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 constituency	amod
8	constituency	constituency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 representing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	gerund	a Member of Parliament not said here	the local constituency					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot constituency=Theme

Option 4

The Prime Minister, elected directly by the nation for a term of five years

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Minister	det
2	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	3 Minister	compound
3	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 elected	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 elected	punct
5	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	5 elected	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 nation	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nation	det
9	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elected	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 term	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 term	det
12	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elected	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 years	case
14	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	participle · passive	the nation	the Prime Minister				for a term of five years; directly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	term			five years					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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