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title: State the commitment undertaken by the signatories to the Paris Agre… — Climate: hot summers and hot arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: State the commitment undertaken by the signatories to the Paris Agreement of 2015. Exam question 3 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Exam question 3 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

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State the commitment undertaken by the signatories to the Paris Agreement of 2015.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, undertake · **To what, where:** commitment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e3:1
# text = State the commitment undertaken by the signatories to the Paris Agreement of 2015.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	commitment	commitment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	signatories	signatory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	2015	2015	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the commitment |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent commitment=Topic |
| 2 | **undertake** | participle |  | the commitment *not said here* |  |  |  | by the signatories; to the Paris Agreement of 2015 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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To abolish every petrol vehicle and every power station in every member state within a single year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e3:o1:1
# text = To abolish every petrol vehicle and every power station in every member state within a single year
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	abolish	abolish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | to-infinitive |  | every petrol vehicle and every power station |  | every member state | year |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To guarantee that no snow shall fall in any member state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e3:o2:1
# text = To guarantee that no snow shall fall in any member state
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **fall** | shall | no snow |  |  | any member state |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in state=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To relocate all power stations to the city of Paris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e3:o3:1
# text = To relocate all power stations to the city of Paris
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	relocate	relocate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stations	station	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | to-infinitive |  | all power stations |  |  |  | to the city of Paris | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To endeavour to hold warming well below two degrees, and ideally to one and a half

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e3:o4:1
# text = To endeavour to hold warming well below two degrees, and ideally to one and a half
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	endeavour	endeavour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	below	below	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	ideally	ideally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endeavour** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  |  | one and a half |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **warm** | gerund |  |  |  | two degrees |  | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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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