Exam question 4 · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade
It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony. Ascertain the state thus described.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: persons, you · What happens: give, establish, overthrow, ascertain, describe · To what, where: It, free state, 1804, slavery, French colony, state
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony.
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 | SCONJ | _ | 9 established | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 state | det |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 state | amod |
| 7 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 established | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 established | aux:pass |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1804 | case |
| 11 | 1804 | 1804 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 established | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 persons | case |
| 13 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 established | obl |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 overthrown | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 overthrown | aux |
| 16 | overthrown | overthrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 persons | acl:relcl |
| 17 | slavery | slavery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 overthrown | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 colony | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 colony | det |
| 20 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 colony | amod |
| 21 | colony | colony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 overthrown | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | establish | past · passive | persons | a free state | 1804 | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | overthrow | past · perfect | persons | slavery | a French colony | tree rules |
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 the state thus described.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 state | det |
| 3 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 described | advmod |
| 5 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 state | acl |
| 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 | the state | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Topic | ||||
| 2 | describe | participle | the state not said here | thus property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Brazil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Jamaica
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica | Jamaica | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Haiti
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | Haiti | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Barbados
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | Barbados | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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