Exam question 3 · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991?

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 dissolution	det
10	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Union	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Union	det
13	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dissolution	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 Republics	case
15	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Republics	amod
16	Socialist	socialist	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Republics	compound
17	Republics	republic	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 Union	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 1991	case
19	1991	1991	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 Republics	nmod
20	?	?	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 dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	dissolve		the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991		nom dissolution «process 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

It was absorbed in its entirety by the European Union

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 absorbed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 absorbed	aux:pass
3	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 entirety	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 entirety	nmod:poss
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 Union	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Union	det
9	European	European	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Union	compound
10	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 absorbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	past · passive	the European Union	It		its entirety			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal subject=Theme

Option 2

It was succeeded by a single state alone

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 succeeded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 succeeded	aux:pass
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 state	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 state	amod
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 succeeded	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 state	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	past · passive	a single state	It					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was succeeded by fifteen independent states

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 succeeded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 succeeded	aux:pass
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 states	case
5	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 states	nummod
6	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 states	amod
7	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 succeeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	past · passive	fifteen independent states	It					tree rules

Option 4

It was partitioned between India and Pakistan

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 partitioned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 partitioned	aux:pass
3	partitioned	partition	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 India	case
5	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 partitioned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Pakistan	cc
7	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 India	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	partition	past · passive		It				between India and Pakistan	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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