Exam question 2 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Australia's response to the shooting at Port Arthur in 1996.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» 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	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 response	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Australia	case
12	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 shooting	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shooting	det
15	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 response	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 Port	case
17	Port	Port	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 shooting	nmod
18	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Port	flat
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 1996	case
20	1996	1996	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 shooting	nmod
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	Australia's response	to the shooting at Port in 1996	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=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

Every school in Tasmania was permanently closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closed	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Tasmania	case
4	Tasmania	Tasmania	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 school	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 closed	aux:pass
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	7 closed	advmod
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past · passive		every school in Tasmania				permanently property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Each adult citizen was issued a firearm by the state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 citizen	det
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 citizen	amod
3	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 issued	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 issued	aux:pass
5	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 firearm	det
7	firearm	firearm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 issued	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 state	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 state	det
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	past · passive	the state	each adult citizen					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal firearm=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Strict national firearms laws were adopted and a substantial quantity of guns was purchased back by government

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 firearms	amod
2	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 firearms	amod
3	firearms	firearm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laws	compound
4	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adopted	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 adopted	aux:pass
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 purchased	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 quantity	det
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quantity	amod
10	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purchased	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 guns	case
12	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 quantity	nmod
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 purchased	aux:pass
14	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adopted	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 purchased	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 government	case
17	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · passive		firearms laws					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	purchase back	past · passive	government	a substantial quantity of guns					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme

Option 4

All restrictions upon firearms were subsequently abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 restrictions	det
2	restrictions	restriction	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 firearms	case
4	firearms	firearm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 restrictions	nmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 abolished	aux:pass
6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	7 abolished	advmod
7	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		all restrictions upon firearms				subsequently property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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