Exam question 3 · Immigration and borders
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning persons awaiting a decision upon an asylum claim in the United Kingdom, as reported.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning persons · What happens: select, establish, await, report · To what, where: consistent, decision
This is exam question 3 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consistent | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | obj |
| 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 | concerning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 persons | amod |
| 10 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 facts | conj |
| 11 | awaiting | await | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 persons | acl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 decision | det |
| 13 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 awaiting | obj |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 claim | case |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 claim | det |
| 16 | asylum | asylum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 claim | compound |
| 17 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 awaiting | obl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 Kingdom | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Kingdom | det |
| 20 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 21 Kingdom | flat |
| 21 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 claim | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 reported | punct |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 reported | mark |
| 24 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Select | parataxis |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the consistent | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | await | gerund | concerning persons not said here | a decision | upon a asylum claim in the United Kingdom | tree rules | |||
| 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 · ← Mova's choice
Such persons receive a decision on the day of arrival
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 receive | nsubj |
| 3 | receive | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 decision | det |
| 5 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 receive | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 receive | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 arrival | case |
| 10 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | present | Such persons | a decision | day | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Theme |
Option 2
Such persons are granted citizenship immediately upon arrival
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 citizenship | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 citizenship | cop |
| 4 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 citizenship | amod |
| 5 | citizenship | citizenship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 5 citizenship | advmod |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 arrival | case |
| 8 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 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 | is a | present | Such persons | granted citizenship | upon arrival; immediately property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Most such persons are not permitted to undertake employment while awaiting a decision
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 persons | amod |
| 2 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 persons | amod |
| 3 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 permitted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 permitted | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 permitted | advmod |
| 6 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 undertake | mark |
| 8 | undertake | undertake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 permitted | xcomp |
| 9 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 undertake | obj |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 awaiting | mark |
| 11 | awaiting | await | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 undertake | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 decision | det |
| 13 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 awaiting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not permit | present · passive | Most such persons | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | undertake not said to happen | to-infinitive | employment | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | await | gerund | a decision | tree rules |
Option 4
All such persons are required to undertake full-time employment from the day of their arrival
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 persons | det |
| 2 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 persons | amod |
| 3 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 required | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | aux:pass |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 undertake | mark |
| 7 | undertake | undertake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 required | xcomp |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 full | punct |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 employment | compound |
| 11 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertake | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 day | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertake | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 arrival | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 17 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | all such persons | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | undertake | to-infinitive | time employment | day | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | arrive | persons = person | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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