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Exam question 4 · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…

It is given that Canada has two official languages. Ascertain the consequence for the proceedings of its Parliament.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Canada, you, Parliament · What happens: give, have, ascertain, proceed · To what, where: It, two official languages, consequence

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Canada has two official languages.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 languages	nummod
8	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 languages	amod
9	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	have	present	Canada	two official languages					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the consequence for the proceedings of its Parliament.

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 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 proceedings	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 proceedings	det
6	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 consequence	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Parliament	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 Parliament	nmod:poss
9	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 proceedings	nmod
10	.	.	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 consequence				for the proceedings of consequence's Parliament	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consequence=Theme for proceedings=Beneficiary
2	proceed		consequence's Parliament						nom proceedings «act intransitive»: of=agent

The options

Option 1

Members are obliged to speak exclusively in French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 speak	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 French	case
8	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Members					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				French		exclusively property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Members are obliged to speak exclusively in English, French being permitted only in the provinces

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 speak	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 English	case
8	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 permitted	punct
10	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 permitted	compound
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 permitted	aux:pass
12	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 obliged	conj
13	only	only	ADV	_	16 provinces	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 provinces	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 provinces	det
16	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 permitted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Members					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				English		exclusively property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	permit	gerund · passive		the provinces					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: province=Theme

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

Members may speak in English or French, with interpretation provided and laws enacted in both

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 speak	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 speak	aux
3	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 English	case
5	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 speak	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 French	cc
7	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 English	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 interpretation	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 interpretation	case
10	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speak	obl
11	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 interpretation	acl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 laws	cc
13	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 provided	conj
14	enacted	enact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 interpretation	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 both	case
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 enacted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	may	Members			English or French		with interpretation	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with interpretation=Co-Agent
2	provide	participle		interpretation not said here					vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	enact	participle		interpretation not said here		both			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Proceedings are conducted in Latin to avoid preference

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 conducted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conducted	aux:pass
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Latin	case
5	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conducted	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 avoid	mark
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 conducted	advcl
8	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present · passive		Proceedings		Latin			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in latin=Destination
2	avoid	to-infinitive		preference					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent preference=Location

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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