Exam question 3 · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew
Identify the instruments whereby the United Kingdom was constituted.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, constitute · To what, where: instruments, United Kingdom
This is exam question 3 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 instruments | det |
| 3 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | whereby | whereby | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 constituted | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Kingdom | det |
| 6 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 7 Kingdom | flat |
| 7 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 constituted | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 constituted | aux:pass |
| 9 | constituted | constitute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the instruments | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme | ||||
| 2 | constitute | past · passive | the United Kingdom | whereby property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
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 decree of Louis XIV in 1643
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 decree | det |
| 2 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 XIV | case |
| 4 | Louis | Louis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 XIV | compound |
| 5 | XIV | XIV | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 decree | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1643 | case |
| 7 | 1643 | 1643 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 decree | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decree | Louis XIV | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
The Congress of Vienna in 1815
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Congress | det |
| 2 | Congress | Congress | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Vienna | case |
| 4 | Vienna | Vienna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Congress | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1815 | case |
| 6 | 1815 | 1815 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Congress | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A single treaty with France in 1453
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 treaty | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 treaty | amod |
| 3 | treaty | treaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 France | case |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 treaty | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1453 | case |
| 7 | 1453 | 1453 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 treaty | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The union of England and Scotland in 1707 and of Ireland in 1801
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 union | det |
| 2 | union | union | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 1707 | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 England | case |
| 4 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 union | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Scotland | cc |
| 6 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 England | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1707 | case |
| 8 | 1707 | 1707 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Ireland | cc |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Ireland | case |
| 11 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 1707 | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 1801 | case |
| 13 | 1801 | 1801 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 1707 | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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