Exam question 1 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Royal Assent in the United Kingdom?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Royal Assent, United Kingdom

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «The King, the courts and the rules above the rules» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Assent	det
10	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Assent	amod
11	Assent	Assent	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 Kingdom	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Kingdom	det
14	United	United	PROPN	_	15 Kingdom	flat
15	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the Royal Assent		the United Kingdom		of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The formal consent of the monarch, by convention invariably given, whereby a bill becomes law

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consent	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consent	amod
3	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 becomes	nsubj
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 consent	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 convention	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 convention	case
9	convention	convention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consent	conj
10	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	11 given	advmod
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 convention	acl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 becomes	punct
13	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	16 becomes	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bill	det
15	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 becomes	nsubj
16	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle		convention not said here	invariably property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	become	present	the formal consent of the monarch and convention	law	whereby property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	consent			the monarch		nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The personal selection by the monarch of the laws which shall be enacted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 selection	det
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 selection	amod
3	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 monarch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monarch	det
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 selection	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 laws	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 laws	det
9	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 monarch	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 enacted	nsubj:pass
11	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 enacted	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 enacted	aux:pass
13	enacted	enact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 laws	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enact	shall · passive		the laws					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	select		the monarch of the laws						nom selection «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

A ceremony whereby the judges approve the monarch's legislation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ceremony	det
2	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 approve	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 judges	det
5	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 approve	nsubj
6	approve	approve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ceremony	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monarch	det
8	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legislation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 monarch	case
10	legislation	legislation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 approve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approve	present	the judges	the monarch's legislation				whereby property	vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legislation=Beneficiary
2	legislate		the monarch						nom legislation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

A procedure whereby the monarch casts the deciding vote in Parliament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 casts	nsubj
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 casts	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monarch	det
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 casts	nsubj
6	casts	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vote	det
8	deciding	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 vote	amod
9	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 casts	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Parliament	case
11	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 casts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	present	a procedure	the deciding vote		Parliament		whereby property	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vote=Theme in parliament=Destination
2	decide	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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