Exam question 4 · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported
Determine the role of the Sovereign in respect of the King's Speech delivered in Parliament.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, respect · What happens: determine, deliver · To what, where: role, respect, Parliament
This is exam question 4 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 role | det |
| 3 | role | role | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Sovereign | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sovereign | det |
| 6 | Sovereign | Sovereign | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 role | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 respect | case |
| 8 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Speech | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Speech | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 King | case |
| 13 | Speech | Speech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 delivered | obl |
| 14 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 respect | acl:relcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 Parliament | case |
| 16 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 delivered | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 role of the Sovereign | respect | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent role=Topic | |||
| 2 | deliver | past | respect not said here | Parliament | of the King's Speech | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of speech=Initial_Location |
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 composes the programme personally, the government reading it aloud on his behalf
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 | 2 Sovereign | det |
| 2 | Sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composes | nsubj |
| 3 | composes | compose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 programme | det |
| 5 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composes | obj |
| 6 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 5 programme | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 government | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 government | det |
| 9 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 programme | conj |
| 10 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 programme | acl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 reading | obj |
| 12 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 10 reading | advmod |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 behalf | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 behalf | nmod:poss |
| 15 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reading | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | present | the Sovereign | the programme and the government | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent programme=Result | ||||
| 2 | read | gerund | the programme and the government not said here | Sovereign | his behalf | aloud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Sovereign reads aloud the programme prepared by the elected government
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 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | nsubj |
| 3 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 3 reads | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 programme | det |
| 6 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | obj |
| 7 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 programme | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 government | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 government | det |
| 10 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 government | amod |
| 11 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prepared | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | the Sovereign | the programme | aloud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent programme=Topic | |||
| 2 | prepare | participle | the programme not said here | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | elect | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The Sovereign votes upon each proposal contained therein
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 | 3 votes | nsubj |
| 3 | votes | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 proposal | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 proposal | det |
| 6 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 votes | obl |
| 7 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 proposal | acl |
| 8 | therein | therein | ADV | _ | 7 contained | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | present | the Sovereign | upon each proposal | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | contain | participle | each proposal not said here | therein property | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
The Sovereign appoints the members 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 Sovereign | det |
| 2 | Sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appoints | nsubj |
| 3 | appoints | appoint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 members | det |
| 5 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appoints | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 House | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 House | det |
| 8 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 members | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Commons | case |
| 10 | Commons | Commons | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 House | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appoint | present | the Sovereign | the members of the House of Commons | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme |
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