Exam question 1 · Parties: teams with ideas
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a political party?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: political party
This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Parties: teams with ideas» 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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 party | det |
| 10 | political | political | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 party | amod |
| 11 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | a political party | of the following statements; 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 commercial enterprise engaged in the sale of manifestos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 enterprise | det |
| 2 | commercial | commercial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 enterprise | amod |
| 3 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 enterprise | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sale | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sale | det |
| 7 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 engaged | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 manifestos | case |
| 9 | manifestos | manifesto | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sale | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | engage | participle | a commercial enterprise not said here | in the sale of manifestos goal | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in sale=Goal |
Option 2
A ceremonial gathering convened subsequent to an election
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ceremonial | det |
| 2 | ceremonial | ceremonial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 subsequent | nsubj |
| 3 | gathering | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 ceremonial | acl |
| 4 | convened | convene | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 subsequent | amod |
| 5 | subsequent | subsequent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 election | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 election | det |
| 8 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 subsequent | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | gerund | a ceremonial not said here | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | convene | participle | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A body of judges entrusted with the interpretation of statute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 body | det |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 judges | case |
| 4 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 body | nmod |
| 5 | entrusted | entrust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 judges | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 interpretation | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 interpretation | det |
| 8 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 entrusted | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 statute | case |
| 10 | statute | statute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 interpretation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entrust | participle | judges not said here | with the interpretation of statute | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with interpretation=Theme | ||||
| 2 | interpret | statute | nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
An association of persons sharing common aims who seek election in order to implement them
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 association | det |
| 2 | association | association | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 persons | case |
| 4 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 association | nmod |
| 5 | sharing | share | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 persons | acl |
| 6 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 aims | amod |
| 7 | aims | aim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sharing | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 seek | nsubj |
| 9 | seek | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 aims | acl:relcl |
| 10 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 order | case |
| 12 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 implement | mark |
| 14 | implement | implement | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seek | advcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 implement | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | gerund | persons not said here | common aims | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seek | present | common aims | election | order | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent election=Theme in order=Location | |||
| 3 | implement | to-infinitive | common aims not said here | aims = aim | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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