Exam question 3 · Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an exit poll.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, exit poll

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 poll	det
11	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 poll	compound
12	poll	poll	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	a exit poll		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poll=Experiencer

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

An estimate derived from the responses of a sample of voters departing polling stations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 estimate	det
2	estimate	estimate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derived	nsubj
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 responses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 responses	det
6	responses	response	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derived	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sample	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sample	det
9	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 responses	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 voters	case
11	voters	voter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sample	nmod
12	departing	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 voters	acl
13	polling	polling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stations	compound
14	stations	station	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 departing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	derive	participle	a estimate		the responses of a sample of voters	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from response=Material
2	depart	gerund	voters not said here	polling stations		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme station=Initial_Location
3	sample			voters		nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A record of all persons who have voted by post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 record	det
2	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 persons	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 persons	det
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 record	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 voted	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 voted	aux
8	voted	vote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 persons	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 post	case
10	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 voted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	present · perfect · passive	post	all persons					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	record			all persons					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The definitive result, declared upon the completion of the count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 result	det
2	definitive	definitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 result	amod
3	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declared	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 result	punct
5	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 completion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 completion	det
8	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declared	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 count	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 count	det
11	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	the definitive result					upon the completion of the count	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	complete			the count					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A barrier erected at the exit of a polling station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barrier	det
2	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 barrier	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 exit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 exit	det
6	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erected	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 station	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 station	det
9	polling	polling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 station	compound
10	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erect	participle		a barrier not said here		the exit of a polling station			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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