Exam question 2 · Africa: countries and capitals

Identify the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference convened in the years 1884 and 1885.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal purpose, Berlin Conference · What happens: identify, convene, purpose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Africa: 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convened	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Conference	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Conference	det
7	Berlin	Berlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Conference	compound
8	Conference	Conference	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	convened	convene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 years	det
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 convened	obl
13	1884	1884	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	appos
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 1885	cc
15	1885	1885	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 1884	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	convene	past	the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference	year	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	purpose		the Berlin Conference		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The establishment by European powers of rules for the partition of Africa, in the absence of any African representative

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 powers	case
4	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 powers	amod
5	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 establishment	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 rules	case
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 powers	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 partition	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 partition	det
10	partition	partition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rules	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Africa	case
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 partition	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 absence	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 absence	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 absence	det
16	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 establishment	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 representative	case
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 representative	det
19	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 representative	amod
20	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish		European powers of rules for the partition of Africa						nom establishment «act transitive»: by=agent
2	absent			any African representative					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abolition	det
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 trade	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trade	det
5	transatlantic	transatlantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trade	amod
6	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trade	compound
7	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			the transatlantic slave trade					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The foundation of the African Union

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foundation	det
2	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Union	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Union	det
5	African	African	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Union	compound
6	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 foundation	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The negotiation of independence for African states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 negotiation	det
2	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 independence	case
4	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 negotiation	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 states	case
6	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 states	amod
7	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 negotiation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	negotiate			independence				for African states	nom negotiation «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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