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Exam question 3 · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street

It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections. Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, customary, successor · What happens: give, resign, identify, mean, be · To what, where: It, Prime Minister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has resigned between general elections.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 resigned	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Minister	det
6	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	7 Minister	compound
7	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 resigned	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Kingdom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Kingdom	det
10	United	United	PROPN	_	11 Kingdom	flat
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Minister	nmod
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 resigned	aux
13	resigned	resign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
14	between	between	ADP	_	16 elections	case
15	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 elections	amod
16	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 resigned	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	resign	present · perfect · passive		a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom				between general elections	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Identify the customary means by which a successor is determined.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 customary	det
3	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 determined	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 successor	det
8	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determined	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 determined	cop
10	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the customary						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a successor					determined property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The selection of a new leader by the governing party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 leader	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 leader	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leader	amod
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 party	det
9	governing	govern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 party	amod
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	gerund							vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	select		the governing party	a new leader					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

A nationwide ballot held on the following morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ballot	det
2	nationwide	nationwide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ballot	amod
3	ballot	ballot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ballot	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a nationwide ballot not said here			morning		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The personal preference of the monarch, freely exercised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 preference	det
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 preference	amod
3	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 monarch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monarch	det
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preference	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 exercised	punct
8	freely	freely	ADV	_	9 exercised	advmod
9	exercised	exercise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 preference	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	participle						freely property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prefer			the monarch					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The appointment of the most senior judge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 appointment	det
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 judge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 judge	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 senior	advmod
6	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 judge	amod
7	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appointment	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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