Exam question 2 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Identify the principal function of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 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	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	_	8 Court	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Court	det
7	Supreme	Supreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Court	amod
8	Court	Court	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 States	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 States	det
11	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 States	amod
12	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 Court	nmod
13	.	.	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 the Supreme Court of the United States					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 command of the armed forces of the United States

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 command	det
2	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 forces	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forces	det
5	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forces	amod
6	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 command	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 States	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 States	det
9	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 States	amod
10	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 forces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command			the armed forces of the United States					nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The drafting of all bills presented to Congress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drafting	det
2	drafting	drafting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bills	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 bills	det
5	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drafting	nmod
6	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bills	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Congress	case
8	Congress	Congress	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		all bills not said here	Congress				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to congress=Recipient
2	draft			all bills					nom drafting «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The determination of whether laws and governmental acts conform to the Constitution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 determination	det
2	determination	determination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 conform	mark
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 conform	mark
5	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conform	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 acts	cc
7	governmental	governmental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 acts	amod
8	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laws	conj
9	conform	conform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 determination	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Constitution	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Constitution	det
12	Constitution	constitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conform	infinitive	laws and governmental acts	the determination not said here				to the Constitution goal	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent determination=Patient to constitution=Goal

Option 4

The election of the President on behalf of the citizenry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 election	det
2	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 President	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 President	det
5	President	President	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 election	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 behalf	case
7	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 election	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 citizenry	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 citizenry	det
10	citizenry	citizenry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect			the President		behalf of the citizenry			nom election «act transitive»: of=patient on=place

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