Exam question 4 · Who can vote, and why children cannot

Identify the principal purpose of the electoral register.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, electoral register · What happens: identify, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Who can vote, and why children cannot» 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	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 register	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 register	det
7	electoral	electoral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 register	amod
8	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the electoral register					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		the electoral register						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 levying of taxation upon persons who vote

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 levying	det
2	levying	levy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 taxation	case
4	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 levying	obl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 levying	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 vote	nsubj
8	vote	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 persons	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	gerund						of taxation; upon persons	tree rules
2	vote	present	persons						vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The recording of the political preferences of every elector

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recording	det
2	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 preferences	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 preferences	det
5	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preferences	amod
6	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recording	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 elector	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 elector	det
9	elector	elector	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preferences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer			every elector					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The prevention of multiple or misplaced voting by maintaining a list of eligible electors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 voting	case
4	multiple	multiple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voting	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 misplaced	cc
6	misplaced	misplace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 multiple	conj
7	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevention	nmod
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 maintaining	mark
9	maintaining	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 prevention	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 list	det
11	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maintaining	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 electors	case
13	eligible	eligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 electors	amod
14	electors	elector	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 list	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	misplace	participle			tree rules
2	maintain	gerund	the prevention of multiple voting not said here	a list of eligible electors	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent list=Theme
3	prevent			multiple voting	nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient
4	list			eligible electors	nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The selection of candidates on behalf of political parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 candidates	case
4	candidates	candidate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 selection	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 behalf	case
6	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 candidates	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 parties	case
8	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parties	amod
9	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select			candidates on behalf of political parties					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

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