Exam question 4 · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

Whereas a pupil is asked to account for a dispute concerning a proposed tax upon sugary drinks, determine the response most consistent with the aims of this course.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dispute, you, course · What happens: ask, concern, propose, determine, aim · To what, where: pupil, proposed tax, response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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 asked	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 determine	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 account	mark
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 dispute	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dispute	det
10	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 account	nmod
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 dispute	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tax	det
13	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 tax	amod
14	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 drinks	case
16	sugary	sugary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 drinks	amod
17	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 tax	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
19	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 response	det
21	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 determine	obj
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 consistent	advmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 response	amod
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 aims	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 aims	det
26	aims	aim	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 consistent	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 course	case
28	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 course	det
29	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 aims	nmod
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · passive		a pupil		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	concern	gerund	a dispute not said here	a proposed tax	upon sugary drinks	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tax=Experiencer
3	propose	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	determine	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
5	aim		this course			nom aim «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 declaration in favour of whichever party speaks the loudest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 declaration	det
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 favour	case
4	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 favour	nmod
8	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 loudest	det
10	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 speaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	a declaration in favour of whichever party	the loudest					tree rules
2	favour			whichever party					nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A fair statement of the principal reason advanced by each side, without taking a side

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 statement	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	amod
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 reason	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
6	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reason	amod
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 statement	nmod
8	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reason	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 side	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 side	det
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 advanced	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 taking	punct
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 taking	mark
14	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 statement	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 side	det
16	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	advance	participle	the principal reason not said here	by each side	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	take	gerund	a side		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme
3	state		the principal reason		nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

An assertion that such disputes have no bearing upon health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 have	mark
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disputes	amod
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 assertion	acl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 bearing	det
8	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 health	case
10	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bearing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	such disputes	no bearing				upon health	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient

Option 4

A refusal to discuss the matter whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discuss	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 discuss	mark
4	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discuss	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 discuss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discuss speech: other	to-infinitive	a refusal	the matter				whatsoever property	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic

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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