Exam question 1 · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century
Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the First World War.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, dissolve · To what, where: empires, consequence
This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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 empires | det |
| 3 | empires | empire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 dissolved | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dissolved | aux:pass |
| 6 | dissolved | dissolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 empires | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 consequence | case |
| 8 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dissolved | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 War | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 War | det |
| 11 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 War | amod |
| 12 | World | World | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 War | compound |
| 13 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 consequence | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | 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 empires | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent empire=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dissolve | past · passive | the empires | consequence of the First World War | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer
The Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 empires | det |
| 2 | Austro | Austro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Hungarian | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Austro | punct |
| 4 | Hungarian | hungarian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 empires | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Russian | punct |
| 6 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Hungarian | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 German | punct |
| 8 | German | German | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 empires | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Ottoman | cc |
| 10 | Ottoman | ottoman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 German | conj |
| 11 | empires | empire | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 empires | det |
| 2 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 empires | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 French | punct |
| 4 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 British | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Dutch | punct |
| 6 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 British | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Portuguese | cc |
| 8 | Portuguese | portuguese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 British | conj |
| 9 | empires | empire | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Mughal, Safavid and Qing empires
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mughal | det |
| 2 | Mughal | mughal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 empires | compound |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Safavid | punct |
| 4 | Safavid | Safavid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mughal | appos |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Qing | cc |
| 6 | Qing | Qing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Safavid | conj |
| 7 | empires | empire | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Spanish and Venetian dominions in the Americas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dominions | det |
| 2 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dominions | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Venetian | cc |
| 4 | Venetian | venetian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Spanish | conj |
| 5 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Americas | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Americas | det |
| 8 | Americas | AMERICAS | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 dominions | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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