Exam question 4 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the legislation enacted in Australia commencing in December 2025?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: legislation · What happens: follow, characteris, enact, commence · To what, where: legislation, Australia

This is exam question 4 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	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 legislation	det
10	legislation	legislation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	enacted	enact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 legislation	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Australia	case
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 enacted	obl
14	commencing	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 legislation	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 December	case
16	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 commencing	obl
17	2025	2025	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 December	nmod:unmarked
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the legislation			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	enact	participle		the legislation not said here	Australia			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	commence	gerund	the legislation not said here			december		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

Large social media platforms are required to prevent persons under sixteen from holding accounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 platforms	amod
2	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 platforms	amod
3	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 platforms	compound
4	platforms	platform	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 required	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 required	aux:pass
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prevent	mark
8	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 required	xcomp
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 prevent	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 sixteen	case
11	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 prevent	obl
12	from	from	SCONJ	_	13 holding	mark
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 prevent	advcl
14	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	require	present · passive	Large social media platforms		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	prevent	to-infinitive	persons	sixteen	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme
3	hold	gerund	accounts		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 2

Persons under sixteen are required to hold social media accounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 required	nsubj:pass
2	under	under	ADP	_	3 sixteen	case
3	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Persons	nmod
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 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 required	xcomp
8	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accounts	amod
9	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accounts	compound
10	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Persons under sixteen					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hold	to-infinitive		social media accounts					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 3

All mobile telephones are prohibited throughout the Commonwealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 telephones	det
2	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 telephones	amod
3	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	8 Commonwealth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Commonwealth	det
8	Commonwealth	Commonwealth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		all mobile telephones			throughout the Commonwealth		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Social media platforms are prohibited for persons over sixteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 platforms	amod
2	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 platforms	compound
3	platforms	platform	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 persons	case
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	obl
8	over	over	ADV	_	9 sixteen	advmod
9	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Social media platforms				for persons; sixteen obl	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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