Exam question 3 · East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in the year 1947.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals» 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.

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 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 partition	det
11	partition	partition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 India	case
13	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 India	amod
14	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 partition	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 year	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 year	det
17	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
18	1947	1947	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 year	flat
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the partition of British India	year		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus partition=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

British India was divided into India and Sri Lanka, the latter subsequently becoming Bangladesh

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 India	amod
2	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 divided	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 divided	aux:pass
4	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 India	case
6	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 divided	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Sri	cc
8	Sri	Sri	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 India	conj
9	Lanka	Lanka	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sri	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 latter	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 latter	det
12	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 India	parataxis
13	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	14 becoming	advmod
14	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 latter	advcl
15	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 becoming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive		British India		India and Sri			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	become	gerund						subsequently property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

British India remained undivided until 1971

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 India	amod
2	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 remained	nsubj
3	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	undivided	undivided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remained	xcomp
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 1971	case
6	1971	1971	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	British India				until 1971	undivided property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

British India was divided into India and Pakistan; East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 India	amod
2	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 divided	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 divided	aux:pass
4	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 India	case
6	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 divided	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Pakistan	cc
8	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 India	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 became	punct
10	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 became	nsubj
11	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 East	flat
12	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 divided	conj
13	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 became	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 1971	case
15	1971	1971	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive		British India		India and Pakistan			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	become	past	East					in 1971 result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1971=Result

Option 4

British India was annexed in its entirety by China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 India	amod
2	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 annexed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 annexed	aux:pass
4	annexed	annex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 entirety	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 entirety	nmod:poss
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 annexed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 China	case
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 annexed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	annex	past · passive	China	British India		its entirety			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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