Exam question 3 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, First Amendment

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 Amendment	det
11	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 Amendment	amod
12	Amendment	amendment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	17 Constitution	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Constitution	det
15	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 States	amod
16	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 Constitution	compound
17	Constitution	Constitution	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Amendment	nmod
18	.	.	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 First Amendment	to the States Constitution	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus amendment=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

It renders lawful the making of threats against any person

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 making	det
5	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 threats	case
7	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 making	nmod
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the making of threats				against any person; lawful property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent making=Theme
2	make		threats						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It obliges every school and business to permit any utterance whatsoever

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 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 school	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 business	cc
6	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 school	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 permit	mark
8	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 utterance	det
10	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permit	obj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 permit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	every school and business					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient
2	permit	to-infinitive		any utterance				whatsoever property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent utterance=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It restrains the government from punishing speech but does not oblige private institutions to permit all speech

The tree, 17 words

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 restrains	nsubj
2	restrains	restrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 government	det
4	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restrains	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 speech	case
6	punishing	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 speech	amod
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restrains	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 oblige	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 oblige	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 oblige	advmod
11	oblige	oblige	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 restrains	conj
12	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 institutions	amod
13	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 oblige	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 permit	mark
15	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 oblige	advcl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 speech	det
17	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 permit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	restrain	present	It	the government	punishing speech	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer government=Beneficiary from speech=Eventuality
2	punish	gerund				vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not oblige	present · do-support		private institutions		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Patient
4	permit	to-infinitive		all speech		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme

Option 4

It prohibits the expression of any opinion contrary to that of the government

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 prohibits	nsubj
2	prohibits	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 expression	det
4	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 contrary	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 contrary	det
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contrary	compound
8	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 contrary	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 government	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 government	det
13	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present	It	the expression of any opinion contrary to that					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer expression=Theme

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