Exam question 3 · Parties: teams with ideas

Ascertain the outcome of the referendum held in Scotland in the year 2014.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, hold · To what, where: outcome, referendum, Scotland

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 referendum	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 referendum	det
6	referendum	referendum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
7	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 referendum	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Scotland	case
9	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 held	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 held	obl
13	2014	2014	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 year	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the referendum					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	hold	participle		the referendum not said here		Scotland	year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in scotland=Location

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

Participation was restricted to members of the Scottish National Party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restricted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restricted	aux:pass
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 members	case
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restricted	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 Party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Party	det
8	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Party	amod
9	National	National	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Party	amod
10	Party	Party	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	past · passive		Participation				to members of the Scottish National Party goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to member=Goal

Option 2

A majority of those voting elected to establish an independent state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voting	case
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 voting	det
5	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 majority	nmod
6	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 majority	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 establish	mark
8	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 elected	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 state	det
10	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 state	amod
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	participle		a majority of that voting not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	establish	to-infinitive		a independent state					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A majority of those voting elected to remain within the United Kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voting	case
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 voting	det
5	voting	voting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 majority	nmod
6	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 majority	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 remain	mark
8	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 elected	xcomp
9	within	within	ADP	_	12 Kingdom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Kingdom	det
11	United	United	PROPN	_	12 Kingdom	flat
12	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	participle		a majority of that voting not said here					tree rules
2	remain	to-infinitive						within the United Kingdom	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The referendum was abandoned prior to the count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referendum	det
2	referendum	referendum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 abandoned	aux:pass
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 count	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 count	det
8	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past · passive		the referendum				prior the count	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

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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