--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Australia and New Zealand: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal source of dispute arising from the Treaty of Waitangi? Exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/e2/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Australia and New Zealand: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Australia and New Zealand: a short story Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal source of dispute arising from the Treaty of Waitangi? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal source · **What happens:** follow, characteris, arise · **To what, where:** principal source, Treaty This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: a short story» of the history 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/history/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal source of dispute arising from the Treaty of Waitangi? 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 11 det _ _ 10 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 arising arise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Treaty Treaty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Waitangi Waitangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? 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 principal source of dispute | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **arise** | gerund | the principal source of dispute *not said here* | | | the Treaty of Waitangi | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} Its being written in French ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e2:o1:1 # text = Its being written in French 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | gerund · passive | | Its *= it* | | French | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in french=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Divergence between its English and Māori texts ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e2:o2:1 # text = Divergence between its English and Māori texts 1 Divergence divergence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 4 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Māori māori ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Its cession of New Zealand to Australia ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e2:o3:1 # text = Its cession of New Zealand to Australia 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cession cession NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 5 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cede** | | Its *= it* | New Zealand | | | | to Australia | nom cession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient to=obl | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its never having been signed ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e2:o4:1 # text = Its never having been signed 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 signed sign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sign** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V» | **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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