Exam question 3 · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the compensation paid upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, compensation · What happens: select, establish, concern, pay, abolish · To what, where: response, established facts, slavery

This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave 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

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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 paid	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 compensation	det
11	compensation	compensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paid	nsubj
12	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	acl:relcl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 abolition	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 abolition	det
15	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paid	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 slavery	case
17	slavery	slavery	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 abolition	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 colonies	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 colonies	det
20	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 colonies	amod
21	colonies	colony	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 slavery	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	pay	past	the compensation	the established facts not said here	upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Asset
5	abolish			slavery in the British colonies		nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Twenty million pounds was paid to the formerly enslaved persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 million	compound
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pounds	nummod
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux:pass
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 persons	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 persons	det
8	formerly	formerly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 persons	amod
9	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 persons	amod
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		million pounds				to the formerly enslaved persons	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	enslave	participle							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Twenty million pounds was paid to the slave owners and nothing to the enslaved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 million	compound
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pounds	nummod
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux:pass
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 owners	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 owners	det
8	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 owners	compound
9	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nothing	cc
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 owners	conj
12	to	to	SCONJ	_	14 enslaved	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 enslaved	det
14	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 nothing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		million pounds				to the slave owners	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	enslave	participle							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The sum was divided equally between owners and the enslaved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 divided	nsubj:pass
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	equally	equally	ADV	_	4 divided	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 owners	case
7	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 divided	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 enslaved	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 enslaved	det
10	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 divided	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive		the sum				between owners; equally property	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enslave	participle							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No payment whatsoever was made to any party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 payment	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		no payment not said here				to any party; whatsoever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

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