Exam question 4 · President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street

Identify the principal function of Prime Minister's Questions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 4 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

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	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 Questions	case
6	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	7 Minister	compound
7	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Questions	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Minister	case
9	Questions	Question	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of Prime Minister's Questions					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The selection of candidates for the forthcoming election

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	_	4 candidates	case
4	candidates	candidate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 selection	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 election	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 election	det
7	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 election	amod
8	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 candidates	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select			candidates for the forthcoming election					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The public examination of the head of government by Members of Parliament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 examination	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 examination	amod
3	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 examination	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 government	case
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 head	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Members	case
10	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 examination	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Parliament	case
12	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine		Members of Parliament	the head of government					nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3

The formal signature of bills by the sovereign in the presence of Parliament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signature	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signature	amod
3	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bills	case
5	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 signature	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 sovereign	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sovereign	det
8	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bills	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 presence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 presence	det
11	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sovereign	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Parliament	case
13	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			bills by the sovereign in the presence of Parliament					nom signature «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	bill		the sovereign in the presence of Parliament						nom bill «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 4

The counting of ballot papers in the presence of observers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 counting	det
2	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 papers	case
4	ballot	ballot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 papers	compound
5	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 counting	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 presence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presence	det
8	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 papers	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 observers	case
10	observers	observer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count		ballot papers in the presence of observers						nom counting «act intransitive»: of=agent

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