Exam question 1 · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present relationship between China and Taiwan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: present relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» 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	11 relationship	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 relationship	amod
11	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 China	case
13	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 relationship	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Taiwan	cc
15	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 China	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the present relationship				of the following statements; between China and Taiwan; accurately property	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

It is one of total isolation without trade

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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 isolation	case
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 isolation	amod
6	isolation	isolation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 trade	case
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 isolation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of total isolation without trade	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is one of tension, without war

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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 tension	case
5	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 war	punct
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 war	case
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one and war				of tension	tree rules

Option 3

It is one of open warfare on land and sea

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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 warfare	case
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 warfare	amod
6	warfare	warfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 land	case
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warfare	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sea	cc
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of open warfare on land and sea	tree rules

Option 4

It is one of formal union under a single government

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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 union	case
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 union	amod
6	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nmod
7	under	under	ADP	_	10 government	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 government	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 government	amod
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 union	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of formal union under a single government	tree rules

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