Exam question 4 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

Select the response consistent with the established reports concerning shipping in the Red Sea.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established reports · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, shipping, Red Sea

This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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 reports	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reports	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reports	amod
8	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reports	acl
10	shipping	shipping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 Sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sea	det
13	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sea	compound
14	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 reports not said here	shipping	the Red Sea		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shipping=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 · ✓ the right answer

Following attacks by the Houthis, many vessels were diverted around the African continent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 attacks	amod
2	attacks	attack	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 diverted	nsubj:pass
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Houthis	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Houthis	det
5	Houthis	Houthis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attacks	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 vessels	punct
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vessels	amod
8	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attacks	conj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 diverted	aux:pass
10	diverted	divert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	around	around	ADP	_	14 continent	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 continent	det
13	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 continent	amod
14	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 diverted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	divert	past · passive		Following attacks by the Houthis and many vessels	the African continent	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	attack		the Houthis			nom attack «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 2

Vessels were conveyed overland across Egypt upon specially constructed railways, avoiding the sea entirely

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conveyed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	overland	overland	ADV	_	3 conveyed	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	6 Egypt	case
6	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 railways	case
8	specially	specially	ADV	_	9 constructed	advmod
9	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 railways	amod
10	railways	railway	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conveyed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 avoiding	punct
12	avoiding	avoid	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 conveyed	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 avoiding	obj
15	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	12 avoiding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	convey	past · passive	Vessels	Egypt	upon constructed railways; overland property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	construct	participle			specially property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	avoid	gerund	the sea		entirely property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sea=Location

Option 3

The Red Sea was drained so as to permit passage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sea	det
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sea	compound
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 drained	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drained	aux:pass
5	drained	drain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 drained	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 permit	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 permit	mark
9	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 drained	advcl
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 permit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain	past · passive		the Red Sea					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	permit	to-infinitive		passage					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme

Option 4

All shipping throughout the world ceased permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 shipping	nsubj
2	shipping	ship	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ceased	csubj
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shipping	obl
6	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 ceased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ship	gerund	All				throughout the world		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cease	past	shipping					permanently property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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