Exam question 4 · Borders: why they are where they are

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

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, partition, 1947

This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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	_	16 1947	case
16	1947	1947	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	1947		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

The territory was transferred intact to a single successor state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 territory	det
2	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transferred	aux:pass
4	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	intact	intact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 transferred	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 state	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 state	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 state	amod
9	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 state	compound
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	past · passive		the territory	a single successor state			intact property	vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to state=Recipient

Option 2

The partition affected no inhabitants of the region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 partition	det
2	partition	partition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affected	nsubj
3	affected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 inhabitants	det
5	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 affected	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 region	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 region	det
8	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inhabitants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	past	the partition	no inhabitants of the region					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inhabitant=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A boundary drawn within weeks divided India and Pakistan amid mass flight and violence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boundary	det
2	boundary	boundary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 divided	nsubj
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boundary	acl
4	within	within	ADP	_	5 weeks	case
5	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl
6	divided	divide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 divided	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Pakistan	cc
9	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 India	conj
10	amid	amid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 divided	obj
11	mass	mass	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 flight	amod
12	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 amid	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 violence	cc
14	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 amid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a boundary not said here			week		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	divide	past	a boundary	India and Pakistan					tree rules

Option 4

The frontier was negotiated over several decades without disturbance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frontier	det
2	frontier	frontier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 negotiated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 negotiated	aux:pass
4	negotiated	negotiate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 decades	case
6	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 decades	amod
7	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 negotiated	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 disturbance	case
9	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 negotiated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	negotiate	past · passive		the frontier			decade	without disturbance	tree rules

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