Exam question 1 · Protests, petitions and young activists
Which of the following most accurately characterises a petition?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: petition
This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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 | 7 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 characterises | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 characterises | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 characterises | csubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 characterises | advmod |
| 7 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 petition | det |
| 9 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characterises | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 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 | a petition | 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
A gathering in public of persons opposed to a measure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gathering | det |
| 2 | gathering | gathering | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 public | case |
| 4 | public | public | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gathering | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 persons | case |
| 6 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gathering | nmod |
| 7 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 persons | acl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 measure | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 measure | det |
| 10 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opposed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oppose | participle | persons not said here | to a measure | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A written request subscribed by many persons seeking the same outcome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 request | det |
| 2 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 request | amod |
| 3 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seeking | nsubj |
| 4 | subscribed | subscribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 request | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 persons | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 persons | amod |
| 7 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 subscribed | obl |
| 8 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 outcome | det |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 outcome | amod |
| 11 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seeking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | subscribe | participle | a written request not said here | by many persons | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | seek | gerund | a written request | the same outcome | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
Option 3
A gift conferred in exchange for a vote
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | conferred | confer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gift | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 exchange | case |
| 5 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conferred | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 vote | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 vote | det |
| 8 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conferred | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confer | participle | a gift not said here | exchange | for a vote | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A ballot in which the whole nation answers a single question put to it by the government of the day
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ballot | det |
| 2 | ballot | ballot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 answers | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nation | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nation | amod |
| 7 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 answers | nsubj |
| 8 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ballot | acl:relcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 question | det |
| 10 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 question | amod |
| 11 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 answers | obj |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 question | acl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 put | obl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 government | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 government | det |
| 17 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obl:agent |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 day | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 day | det |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 government | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present | the whole nation | a single question | a ballot | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | put | participle | a single question not said here | nation | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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