Exam question 2 · Parties: teams with ideas

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "left" and "right" in political discourse.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, terms

This is exam question 2 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	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 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terms	det
11	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
13	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 terms	amod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 right	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 discourse	case
20	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 discourse	amod
21	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 right	obl
22	.	.	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the terms		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer

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

Designations of the side of the chamber on which children are seated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Designations	designation	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 seated	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 side	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 side	det
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Designations	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chamber	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chamber	det
7	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 side	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chamber	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 seated	aux:pass
12	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	present · passive		Designations of the side of the chamber on which children					vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2	designate			the side of the chamber on which children					nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Designations of the hand with which electors customarily write

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Designations	designation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 write	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 hand	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hand	det
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Designations	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 electors	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 electors	det
7	electors	elector	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hand	nmod
8	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	9 write	advmod
9	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	Designations of the hand with which electors					customarily property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	designate			the hand with which electors					nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Approximate designations of differing views on the role of government, taxation and tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 designations	amod
2	designations	designation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 views	case
4	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 views	amod
5	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designations	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 role	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 role	det
8	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 views	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 government	case
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 role	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 taxation	punct
12	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 role	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tradition	cc
14	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 role	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	gerund							vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	designate			differing views on the role of government and taxation and tradition					nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Precise and fixed categories into which every elector must fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 categories	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fixed	cc
3	fixed	fixed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Precise	conj
4	categories	category	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fall	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 elector	det
8	elector	elector	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fall	aux
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 categories	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	must	every elector			Precise categories			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result

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