Exam question 4 · Congress and Parliament: how a law is made
It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures. Identify the consequence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, attract, identify · To what, where: It, petition, consequence
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a petition on the Parliament website has attracted one hundred thousand signatures.
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 | _ | 12 attracted | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 petition | det |
| 6 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attracted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 website | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 website | det |
| 9 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 website | compound |
| 10 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 petition | nmod |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 attracted | aux |
| 12 | attracted | attract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 hundred | compound |
| 14 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 thousand | compound |
| 15 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 signatures | nummod |
| 16 | signatures | signature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 attracted | obj |
| 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 | attract | present · perfect · passive | a petition on the Parliament website | tree rules |
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 consequence.
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 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | . | . | 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 consequence | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The petition shall be referred to the monarch for signature
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 petition | det |
| 2 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 referred | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 referred | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 referred | aux:pass |
| 5 | referred | refer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 monarch | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 monarch | det |
| 8 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 referred | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 signature | case |
| 10 | signature | signature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 monarch | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | shall · passive | the petition | the monarch for signature | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to monarch=Recipient |
Option 2
The petition shall be enacted as law forthwith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 petition | det |
| 2 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enacted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 enacted | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 enacted | aux:pass |
| 5 | enacted | enact | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 law | case |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enacted | obl |
| 8 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 enacted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enact | shall · passive | the petition | as law; forthwith property | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The petition shall be considered for debate in Parliament
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 petition | det |
| 2 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 considered | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 considered | aux:pass |
| 5 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 debate | case |
| 7 | debate | debate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Parliament | case |
| 9 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | shall · passive | the petition | Parliament | for debate | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
Option 4
The Prime Minister shall be required to resign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Minister | det |
| 2 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 3 Minister | compound |
| 3 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 required | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 required | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 required | aux:pass |
| 6 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 resign | mark |
| 8 | resign | resign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 required | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | shall · passive | the Prime Minister | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | resign | to-infinitive | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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