Exam question 4 · Protests, petitions and young activists

Whereas a counter-protest is held opposite a march, determine the statement most accurately characterising the two assemblies.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: hold, determine, characteris · To what, where: counter-protest, march, statement, two assemblies

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 held	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 counter-protest	det
3	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 determine	advcl
6	opposite	opposite	ADP	_	8 march	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 march	det
8	march	march	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 statement	det
12	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 accurately	advmod
14	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	15 characterising	advmod
15	characterising	characteris	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 statement	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 assemblies	det
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 assemblies	nummod
18	assemblies	assembly	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 characterising	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		a counter-protest	a march		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme opposite march=Location
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the statement			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
3	characteris	gerund	the statement not said here	the two assemblies		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

The original march is unlawful by reason of the counter-protest, which takes precedence over it in law

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 march	det
2	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 march	amod
3	march	march	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unlawful	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unlawful	cop
5	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 reason	case
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unlawful	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 counter-protest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 counter-protest	det
10	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 takes	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 takes	nsubj
13	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 counter-protest	acl:relcl
14	precedence	precedence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 takes	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 law	case
18	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the original march					by reason of the counter-protest; unlawful property	tree rules
2	take	present	the counter-protest	precedence		march		in law	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent precedence=Value in law=Location

Option 2

Only the larger assembly is entitled to protest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 entitled	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assembly	det
3	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 assembly	amod
4	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entitled	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 entitled	aux:pass
6	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 protest	mark
8	protest	protest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 entitled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive		the larger assembly					tree rules
2	protest speech: disagree	to-infinitive							vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The counter-protest is unlawful by its very nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 counter-protest	det
2	counter-protest	counter-protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlawful	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unlawful	cop
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 nature	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nature	nmod:poss
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 nature	advmod
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlawful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the counter-protest					by counter-protest's nature; unlawful property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each may protest peacefully, and each believes it protects something of importance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 protest	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 protest	aux
3	protest	protest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	_	3 protest	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 believes	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 believes	cc
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 believes	nsubj
8	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protest	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 protects	nsubj
10	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 believes	ccomp
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 protects	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 importance	case
13	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 something	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	protest speech: disagree	may	Each		peacefully property	vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	believe	present	each			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	protect	present	it	something		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary

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