Exam question 1 · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of the principality of Moscow in 1337?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, condition · To what, where: condition, principality

This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 principality	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 principality	det
13	principality	principality	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 condition	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Moscow	case
15	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 principality	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 1337	case
17	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 principality	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the condition of the principality of Moscow in 1337	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	condition		the principality of Moscow in 1337		nom condition «state 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

A province of the Ottoman Empire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 province	det
2	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Empire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Empire	det
5	Ottoman	Ottoman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Empire	compound
6	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 province	nmod

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

Option 2

A possession of the English Crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 possession	det
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Crown	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Crown	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Crown	amod
6	Crown	Crown	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 possession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess			the English Crown					nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A modest principality subject to the overlordship of the Golden Horde

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 subject	det
2	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 subject	amod
3	principality	principality	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subject	compound
4	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 overlordship	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 overlordship	det
7	overlordship	overlordship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subject	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Horde	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Horde	det
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Horde	amod
11	Horde	Horde	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 overlordship	nmod

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

Option 4

The capital of an empire extending from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capital	det
2	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 empire	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 empire	det
5	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 capital	nmod
6	extending	extend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 empire	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 Sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sea	det
9	Baltic	Baltic	PROPN	_	10 Sea	compound
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 extending	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 Ocean	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Ocean	det
13	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Ocean	compound
14	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 extending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	gerund	a empire not said here		the Pacific Ocean	the Baltic Sea			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ocean=Recipient

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