Exam question 2 · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the city formerly designated Constantinople.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, city · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, city, Constantinople

This is exam question 2 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» 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 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	13 designated	advmod
13	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 city	acl:relcl
14	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 designated	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 city		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus city=Experiencer
4	designate	past	the city not said here	Constantinople	formerly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constantinople=Theme

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 lies wholly within Asia

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	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 lies	advmod
4	within	within	ADP	_	5 Asia	case
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It					within Asia; wholly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is now Athens and is situated upon the shores of the Aegean Sea

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	4 Athens	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Athens	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 Athens	advmod
4	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 situated	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Athens	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 situated	aux:pass
7	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 shores	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shores	det
10	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 situated	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sea	det
13	Aegean	Aegean	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sea	compound
14	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 shores	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	Athens			now		tree rules
2	situate	present · passive		Athens		the shores of the Aegean Sea			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon shore=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is now Istanbul and is situated on both shores of the Bosphorus

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	4 Istanbul	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Istanbul	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 Istanbul	advmod
4	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 situated	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Istanbul	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 situated	aux:pass
7	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 shores	case
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 shores	det
10	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 situated	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Bosphorus	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Bosphorus	det
13	Bosphorus	Bosphorus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 shores	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	Istanbul			now		tree rules
2	situate	present · passive		Istanbul		both shores of the Bosphorus			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on shore=Destination

Option 4

It was abandoned in ancient times

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 abandoned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 abandoned	aux:pass
3	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 times	case
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 times	amod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past · passive		It			time		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

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