Exam question 4 · The King, the courts and the rules above the rules
Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concerning the establishment of a republic.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, 1999 · What happens: ascertain, concern, establish · To what, where: outcome, establishment, republic
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 outcome | det |
| 3 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 referendum | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 referendum | det |
| 6 | Australian | Australian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 referendum | amod |
| 7 | referendum | referendum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 outcome | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 concerning | mark |
| 9 | 1999 | 1999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 concerning | nsubj |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 referendum | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 establishment | det |
| 12 | establishment | establishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 concerning | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 republic | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 republic | det |
| 15 | republic | republic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 establishment | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the outcome of the Australian referendum | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | 1999 | the establishment of a republic | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus establishment=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | establish | a republic | nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient |
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 proposal was approved but subsequently annulled by the monarch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 proposal | det |
| 2 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 approved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 approved | aux:pass |
| 4 | approved | approve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 annulled | cc |
| 6 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 7 annulled | advmod |
| 7 | annulled | annul | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 approved | conj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 monarch | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 monarch | det |
| 10 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 annulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approve | past · passive | the proposal | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | annul | participle | by the monarch; subsequently property | vn void-106 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The proposal was approved and a president installed forthwith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 proposal | det |
| 2 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 approved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 approved | aux:pass |
| 4 | approved | approve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 installed | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 president | det |
| 7 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 installed | nsubj |
| 8 | installed | install | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 approved | conj |
| 9 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 8 installed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approve | past · passive | the proposal | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | install | participle | a president | forthwith property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The referendum was abandoned prior to polling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 referendum | det |
| 2 | referendum | referendum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abandoned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 4 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 7 polling | case |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 prior | fixed |
| 7 | polling | polling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abandoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | past · passive | the referendum | prior polling | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The proposal was rejected by a majority of voters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 proposal | det |
| 2 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rejected | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rejected | aux:pass |
| 4 | rejected | reject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 majority | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 majority | det |
| 7 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rejected | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 voters | case |
| 9 | voters | voter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 majority | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reject | past · passive | a majority of voters | the proposal | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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