Exam question 3 · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the tenure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, as reported.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, report · To what, where: response, tenure

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tenure	det
11	tenure	tenure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Liz	case
13	Liz	Liz	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tenure	nmod
14	Truss	Truss	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Liz	flat
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 Minister	case
16	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	17 Minister	compound
17	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tenure	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 reported	punct
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 reported	mark
20	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Select	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the tenure of Liz	as Prime Minister	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tenure=Experiencer
4	report	participle				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «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

She served for a period of fifty months, the longest tenure of any Prime Minister since the Second World War

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 period	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 period	det
5	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 served	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 months	case
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 months	nummod
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 period	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tenure	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tenure	det
11	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 tenure	amod
12	tenure	tenure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 period	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Minister	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 Minister	det
15	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	16 Minister	compound
16	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tenure	nmod
17	since	since	ADP	_	21 War	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 War	det
19	Second	Second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 War	amod
20	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 War	compound
21	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	She				since the Second World War	for a period of fifty months	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for period=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She resigned after approximately fifty days, the shortest tenure of any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resigned	nsubj
2	resigned	resign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 days	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 fifty	advmod
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 resigned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tenure	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tenure	det
9	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 tenure	amod
10	tenure	tenure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resigned	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Minister	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 Minister	det
13	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	14 Minister	compound
14	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 tenure	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Kingdom	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Kingdom	det
17	United	United	PROPN	_	18 Kingdom	flat
18	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Minister	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resign	past	She	the shortest tenure of any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom			day		vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She was elected Prime Minister at a general election in 2022

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 elected	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 elected	aux:pass
3	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	5 Minister	compound
5	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 elected	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 election	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 election	det
8	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 election	amod
9	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 elected	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 2022	case
11	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 elected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	past · passive		She		a general election		in 2022	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme minister=Attribute

Option 4

She was removed from office by the Sovereign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 removed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 removed	aux:pass
3	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 office	case
5	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Sovereign	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sovereign	det
8	Sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive	the Sovereign	She		office			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from office=Source

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