Exam question 4 · Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes

Select the response consistent with the established reasons for which charities frequently prefer monetary donations.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, charities · What happens: select, establish, prefer · To what, where: response, monetary donations

This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes» 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 reasons	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reasons	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reasons	amod
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 prefer	obl
11	charities	charity	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prefer	nsubj
12	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	13 prefer	advmod
13	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reasons	acl:relcl
14	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 donations	amod
15	donations	donation	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prefer	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	prefer	present	charities	monetary donations	for the established reasons; frequently property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer donation=Stimulus for which=Attribute

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

Tinned goods are prohibited in all zones of conflict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tinned	tin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 goods	amod
2	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 zones	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 zones	det
7	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 conflict	case
9	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tin	participle							vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	prohibit	present · passive		Tinned goods		all zones of conflict			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Monetary donations are mandated by the Geneva Conventions for every charity operating in a zone of conflict

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 donations	amod
2	donations	donation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mandated	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mandated	aux:pass
4	mandated	mandate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 Conventions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Conventions	det
7	Geneva	Geneva	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Conventions	compound
8	Conventions	Convention	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 mandated	obl:agent
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 operating	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 operating	det
11	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 operating	compound
12	operating	operating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mandated	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 zone	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 zone	det
15	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 operating	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 conflict	case
17	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 zone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mandate	present · passive	the Geneva Conventions	Monetary donations				for every charity operating in a zone of conflict	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Funds permit the purchase of required goods near the crisis more swiftly and cheaply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permit	nsubj
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purchase	det
4	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 goods	case
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 goods	amod
7	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 purchase	nmod
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 crisis	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crisis	det
10	crisis	crisis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obl
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 swiftly	advmod
12	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 permit	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cheaply	cc
14	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	_	12 swiftly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	permit	present	Funds	the purchase of required goods	the crisis	swiftly property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent purchase=Theme near crisis=Location
2	require	participle					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	purchase			required goods			nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Charities are forbidden to accept anything but coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 accept	mark
5	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbidden	xcomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 accept	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 coins	cc
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 anything	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		Charities					tree rules
2	accept	to-infinitive		anything					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

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