Exam question 3 · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

Select the response consistent with the established principles of fair adjudication.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» of the world 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 principles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principles	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 principles	amod
8	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 adjudication	case
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 adjudication	amod
11	adjudication	adjudication	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 principles	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

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

A judge ought to preside over cases concerning his own household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preside	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 preside	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 preside	mark
5	preside	preside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 cases	case
7	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 preside	obl
8	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 preside	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 household	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 household	amod
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	ought	a judge			cases			tree rules
2	concern	gerund	a judge not said here	judge's own household					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus household=Experiencer

Option 2

A judge may threaten witnesses who appear nervous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threaten	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 threaten	aux
4	threaten	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 threaten	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 appear	nsubj
7	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 witnesses	acl:relcl
8	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 appear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	may	a judge	witnesses					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus witness=Experiencer
2	appear	present	witnesses					nervous property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A judge may introduce new rules during the proceedings whenever he considers it to be to his own advantage

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 introduce	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 introduce	aux
4	introduce	introduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rules	amod
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 introduce	obj
7	during	during	ADP	_	9 proceedings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 proceedings	det
9	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 introduce	obl
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 considers	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 considers	nsubj
12	considers	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 introduce	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 considers	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	19 advantage	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 advantage	cop
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 advantage	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 advantage	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 advantage	amod
19	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 considers	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	may	a judge	new rules	during the proceedings		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	consider	present	judge	it		whenever property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
3	is	to-infinitive	judge not said here			to judge's own advantage	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A judge ought not to preside over a case in which his own family has an interest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preside	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 preside	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 preside	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 preside	mark
6	preside	preside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 case	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 case	det
9	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preside	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 has	obl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 family	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 family	amod
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	nsubj
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 preside	parataxis
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 interest	det
17	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not preside	ought	a judge			a case			tree rules
2	have	present	judge's own family	a interest					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient

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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