Exam question 3 · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the House of Lords.

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, House

This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Congress and Parliament: how a law is made» 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 House	det
11	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Lords	case
13	Lords	Lord	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 House	nmod
14	.	.	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 House of Lords		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus house=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

Its members are elected by the citizens every four years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 members	nmod:poss
2	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 elected	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 elected	aux:pass
4	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 citizens	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 citizens	det
7	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 elected	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 years	det
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 elected	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	present · passive	the citizens	Its members			year		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It possesses unlimited power to reject any bill in perpetuity

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	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 power	amod
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reject	mark
6	reject	reject	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 possesses	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 bill	det
8	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reject	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 perpetuity	case
10	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reject	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	unlimited power					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme
2	reject	to-infinitive		any bill		perpetuity			vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its members are appointed rather than elected, and it may amend and delay but not indefinitely obstruct legislation

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 members	nmod:poss
2	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 appointed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 appointed	aux:pass
4	appointed	appoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	7 elected	cc
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 rather	fixed
7	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 appointed	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 amend	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 amend	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 amend	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 amend	aux
12	amend	amend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 appointed	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 delay	cc
14	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 amend	conj
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 obstruct	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 obstruct	advmod
17	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	18 obstruct	advmod
18	obstruct	obstruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 appointed	conj
19	legislation	legislation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obstruct	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	appoint	present · passive		Its members		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	elect	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	amend	may	it			tree rules
4	delay	infinitive				vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	not obstruct	infinitive		legislation	indefinitely property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer legislation=Eventuality

Option 4

It has no function whatsoever in the making of law

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 making	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 making	det
8	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 law	case
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no function		the making of law		whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Patient
2	make		law						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

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