Exam question 2 · Immigration and borders

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "net migration"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 migration	punct
12	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 migration	compound
13	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 migration	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 number of persons arriving, less the number of persons departing, within a given period

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 persons	case
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 persons	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 number	punct
7	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 number	amod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 number	det
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arriving	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 persons	case
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 number	nmod
12	departing	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 persons	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 number	punct
14	within	within	ADP	_	17 period	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 period	det
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 period	amod
17	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	arrive	gerund	persons not said here	the less number of persons	tree rules
2	depart	gerund	persons not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The number of persons granted citizenship in a given year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 citizenship	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 persons	case
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 citizenship	amod
6	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 year	amod
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 citizenship	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	participle							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	give	participle							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The number of vessels crossing a stretch of sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 vessels	case
4	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 vessels	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stretch	det
7	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crossing	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stretch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	gerund	vessels not said here	a stretch of sea					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stretch=Patient

Option 4

The total number of persons arriving within a given period, without regard to those departing

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 persons	acl
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 period	det
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 period	amod
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arriving	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 regard	punct
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 regard	case
13	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arriving	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 departing	case
15	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	16 departing	det
16	departing	departing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 regard	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund	persons not said here					within a given period; without regard to that departing	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	participle							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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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