Exam question 3 · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the mixed-member proportional system of New Zealand.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, mix · To what, where: response, member proportional system

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» 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	15 system	det
11	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 member	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 mixed	punct
13	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 system	compound
14	proportional	proportional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 system	amod
15	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Zealand	case
17	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Zealand	flat
18	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 system	nmod
19	.	.	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 member proportional system of New Zealand		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus system=Experiencer
4	mix	participle				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Seats are allocated exclusively to members of Māori electorates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 allocated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allocated	aux:pass
3	allocated	allocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 allocated	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 members	case
6	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 allocated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 electorates	case
8	Māori	māori	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 electorates	amod
9	electorates	electorate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allocate	present · passive		Seats				to members of Māori electorates goal; exclusively property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to member=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each elector possesses an electorate vote and a party vote, the latter determining the proportion of seats

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 elector	det
2	elector	elector	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vote	det
5	electorate	electorate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vote	amod
6	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 vote	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 vote	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vote	compound
10	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vote	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 determining	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 latter	det
13	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 determining	nsubj
14	determining	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 vote	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 proportion	det
16	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determining	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 seats	case
18	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 proportion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	each elector	a electorate vote and a party vote					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme
2	determine	gerund	the latter	the proportion of seats					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proportion=Topic

Option 3

Each elector possesses a single vote cast exclusively for a party leader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 elector	det
2	elector	elector	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vote	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vote	amod
6	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
7	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 vote	acl
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 cast	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 leader	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 leader	det
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leader	compound
12	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	each elector	a single vote					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme
2	cast	participle		a single vote not said here				for a party leader; exclusively property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for leader=Beneficiary

Option 4

Seats are allocated by the British Crown according to population, the electors possessing no vote whatsoever

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 allocated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allocated	aux:pass
3	allocated	allocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 Crown	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Crown	det
6	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Crown	amod
7	Crown	Crown	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 allocated	obl
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 population	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allocated	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 electors	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 electors	det
13	electors	elector	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 allocated	obl
14	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 electors	acl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 vote	det
16	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 possessing	obj
17	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	14 possessing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	allocate	present · passive	the British Crown	Seats	accord population; the electors obl	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	possess	gerund	the electors not said here	no vote	whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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