Exam question 3 · Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and…

Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security Council.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, power · What happens: identify, vest · To what, where: permanent member

This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 power	det
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vested	nsubj
4	vested	vest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 member	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 member	det
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 member	amod
8	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vested	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Council	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Council	det
11	Security	Security	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Council	compound
12	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 member	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	vest	past	the power			each permanent member of the Security Council			tree rules

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

The power to block a decision by means of a veto

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 power	det
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 block	mark
4	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 power	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decision	det
6	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	4 block	obl
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 veto	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 veto	det
11	veto	veto	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	to-infinitive	the power not said here	a decision					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer decision=Theme
2	mean	present	the power					of a veto	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The power to expel any member from the General Assembly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 power	det
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expel	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 expel	mark
4	expel	expel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 member	det
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expel	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 Assembly	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Assembly	det
9	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Assembly	flat
10	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel	to-infinitive	the power	any member		the General Assembly			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent member=Theme from assembly=Source

Option 3

The power to command the armies of all member states in time of war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 power	det
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 command	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 command	mark
4	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 armies	det
6	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 command	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 states	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 states	det
9	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 states	compound
10	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 armies	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 time	case
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 command	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 war	case
14	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	to-infinitive	the power	the armies of all member states			time		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality

Option 4

The power to cast one hundred votes in the General Assembly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 power	det
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cast	mark
4	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 power	acl
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 votes	nummod
7	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cast	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Assembly	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Assembly	det
10	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Assembly	flat
11	Assembly	Assembly	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 votes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	to-infinitive		hundred votes		the General Assembly			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vote=Theme in assembly=Destination

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