Exam question 3 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the derivation of the English vocabulary.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, derivation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity» of the history 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 derivation	det
11	derivation	derivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 vocabulary	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vocabulary	det
14	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 vocabulary	amod
15	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 derivation	nmod
16	.	.	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 derivation of the English vocabulary		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus derivation=Experiencer

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

Approximately one half derives from Latin, frequently through French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 derives	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 half	nummod
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 derives	nsubj
4	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Latin	case
6	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 derives	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 French	punct
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	10 French	advmod
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 French	case
10	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	one half			Latin		through French; approximately property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through french=Location

Option 2

The whole derives from Greek, by way of the Roman poets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 whole	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Greek	case
5	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 way	case
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 poets	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poets	det
11	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 poets	amod
12	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	the whole			Greek		by way of the Roman poets	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Location

Option 3

No part whatsoever derives from Latin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 part	det
2	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derives	nsubj
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 derives	advmod
4	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Latin	case
6	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	no part			Latin		whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from latin=Material

Option 4

Latin derives from English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 English	case
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Latin			English			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from english=Material

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