Exam question 3 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

State the matter protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, protect · To what, where: matter

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 matter	det
3	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 matter	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 Amendment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Amendment	det
7	Second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 Amendment	amod
8	Amendment	amendment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protected	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Constitution	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Constitution	det
11	Constitution	Constitution	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Amendment	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 States	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 States	det
14	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 States	amod
15	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 Constitution	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the matter					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent matter=Topic
2	protect	participle		the matter not said here				by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

A right to keep and bear arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 right	det
2	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 right	acl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bear	cc
6	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keep	conj
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive							vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bear	infinitive		arms					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2

A prohibition upon religious symbols worn by teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 symbols	case
4	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 symbols	amod
5	symbols	symbol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibition	nmod
6	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 symbols	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 teachers	case
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		religious symbols not said here				by teachers	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A right to free school meals for all pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 right	det
2	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meals	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 free	mark
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meals	amod
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meals	compound
6	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 pupils	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pupils	det
9	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 meals	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A prohibition upon social media accounts for persons under sixteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 accounts	case
4	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 accounts	amod
5	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accounts	compound
6	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibition	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 persons	case
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accounts	nmod
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 sixteen	case
10	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 persons	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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