--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Today's world: the UN, the EU and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Commonwealth of Nations? Exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Today's world: the UN, the EU and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Commonwealth of Nations? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Commonwealth This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Commonwealth of Nations? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Commonwealth Commonwealth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Nations Nation PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the Commonwealth of Nations | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A voluntary association of fifty-six states, the majority formerly within the British Empire ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e3:o1:1 # text = A voluntary association of fifty-six states, the majority formerly within the British Empire 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 voluntary voluntary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 association association NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 12 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 within within ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A customs union of twenty-seven European states ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e3:o2:1 # text = A customs union of twenty-seven European states 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 union union NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A military alliance obliged to mutual defence ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e3:o3:1 # text = A military alliance obliged to mutual defence 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 alliance alliance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 mutual mutual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | participle | | a military alliance *not said here* | | | | to mutual defence | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A single sovereign state governed from London ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth:e3:o4:1 # text = A single sovereign state governed from London 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 governed govern VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **govern** | past | a single sovereign state | | | London | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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. 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