Exam question 2 · Israel and Gaza at school and online

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of a foreign government's conduct to a classmate on account of his religion?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: foreign government · What happens: follow, characteris, attribute, conduct, account · To what, where: attribution, conduct, religion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Israel and Gaza at school and online» 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 attribution	det
10	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 conduct	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 government	det
13	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 government	amod
14	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 government	case
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attribution	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 classmate	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 classmate	det
19	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 account	case
21	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 classmate	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 religion	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 religion	nmod:poss
24	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 account	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the attribution of a foreign government's conduct	of the following statements; to a classmate on account of his religion; accurately property	tree rules
3	attribute			a foreign government's conduct		nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	conduct		a foreign government			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	account			his religion		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

It is required by the rules of most schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 schools	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 schools	amod
9	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the rules of most schools	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
2	rule		most schools						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It is a legitimate form of political debate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 debate	case
7	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 debate	amod
8	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legitimate form				of political debate	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an unjust and hateful act, irrespective of one's view of that government

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 act	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 act	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 act	det
4	unjust	unjust	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 act	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hateful	cc
6	hateful	hateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unjust	conj
7	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 view	punct
9	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	13 view	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 view	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 view	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 act	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 government	case
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 government	det
16	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a unjust act					tree rules
2	view		one	that government					nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

It is permissible provided the classmate was born abroad or holds the citizenship of that state

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 born	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 born	aux:pass
8	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	conj
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	8 born	advmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 holds	cc
11	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 citizenship	det
13	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 holds	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 state	case
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 state	det
16	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 citizenship	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive	It		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bear	past · passive	the classmate	abroad property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	hold	present	the citizenship of that state		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent citizenship=Theme

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