Exam question 4 · Resources and what countries trade

It is given that silver was extracted at Potosí between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Ascertain which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: give, extract, ascertain, be · To what, where: It, silver, Potosí

This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that silver was extracted at Potosí between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 silver	det
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 extracted	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 extracted	aux:pass
7	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Potosí	case
9	Potosí	Potosí	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 extracted	obl
10	between	between	ADP	_	15 centuries	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 centuries	det
12	sixteenth	sixteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 centuries	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 eighteenth	cc
14	eighteenth	eighteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sixteenth	conj
15	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 extracted	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	extract	past · passive		that silver		Potosí	century		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain which statement is correct.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 correct	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 correct	cop
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement					correct property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was worked under forced labour and much of the silver reached Europe and China

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	aux:pass
3	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 labour	case
5	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 labour	amod
6	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reached	cc
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reached	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 silver	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 silver	det
11	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 much	nmod
12	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	conj
13	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 reached	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 China	cc
15	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Europe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	work	past · passive		It	forced labour	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material
2	force	participle				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	reach	past	much of the silver	Europe and China		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent europe=Theme

Option 2

It was worked by salaried volunteers and the silver remained in Bolivia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	aux:pass
3	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 volunteers	case
5	salaried	salary	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 volunteers	amod
6	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 remained	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 silver	det
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remained	nsubj
10	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Bolivia	case
12	Bolivia	Bolivia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	work	past · passive	salaried volunteers	It		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent subject=Material
2	salary	participle				tree rules
3	remain	past	the silver		Bolivia	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bolivia=Location

Option 3

It was worked by Chinese miners and the silver was buried again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	aux:pass
3	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 miners	case
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 miners	amod
6	miners	miner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 buried	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 silver	det
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 buried	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 buried	aux:pass
11	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 worked	conj
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 buried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past · passive	Chinese miners	It					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent subject=Material
2	bury	past · passive		the silver			again		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It was worked by steam machinery and the silver was exported to Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	aux:pass
3	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 machinery	case
5	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 machinery	compound
6	machinery	machinery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 exported	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 silver	det
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exported	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 exported	aux:pass
11	exported	export	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 worked	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Australia	case
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 exported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past · passive	steam machinery	It					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent subject=Material
2	export	past · passive		the silver	Australia				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to australia=Destination

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