Exam question 4 · People and society — communities, work, money and rules

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the relation between rights and duties.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, relation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 relation	det
13	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 rights	case
15	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 relation	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 duties	cc
17	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 rights	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the relation	between rights and duties	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relation=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 · ← Mova's choice

Duties are owed only by persons without rights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 owed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 owed	aux:pass
3	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 owed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 owed	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 rights	case
8	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	present · passive	persons	Duties				without rights	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

Rights and duties are wholly unconnected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 unconnected	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 duties	cc
3	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rights	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unconnected	cop
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 unconnected	advmod
6	unconnected	unconnected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rights and duties					unconnected, wholly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rights are accompanied by duties, such as respecting the rights of others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accompanied	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accompanied	aux:pass
3	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 duties	case
5	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accompanied	obl:agent
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 respecting	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	9 respecting	mark
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	respecting	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 duties	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rights	det
11	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respecting	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	present · passive	duties	Rights					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	respect	gerund	duties not said here	the rights of others					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus

Option 4

Rights exempt their holder from every duty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exempt	nsubj
2	exempt	exempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 holder	nmod:poss
4	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exempt	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 duty	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 duty	det
7	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exempt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exempt	present	Rights	Rights's holder		every duty			tree rules

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