Exam question 4 · Native peoples of North America

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Trail

This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» 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 Trail	det
11	Trail	Trail	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Tears	case
13	Tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Trail	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 1830s	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 1830s	det
16	1830s	1830	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	13 Tears	nmod
17	.	.	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 Trail of Tears in the 1830s		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trail=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 Cherokee voluntarily emigrated to Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cherokee	det
2	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 emigrated	nsubj
3	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	_	4 emigrated	advmod
4	emigrated	emigrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Europe	case
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 emigrated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emigrate	past	the Cherokee			Europe		voluntarily property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to europe=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Cherokee were forcibly removed far westward and thousands perished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cherokee	det
2	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux:pass
4	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 westward	advmod
7	westward	westward	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thousands	cc
9	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	conj
10	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 thousands	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		the Cherokee				forcibly, westward property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	perish	participle		thousands not said here					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It was a trading route of the Inuit

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	5 route	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 route	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 route	det
4	trading	trading	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 route	compound
5	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Inuit	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Inuit	det
8	Inuit	Inuit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 route	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a trading route				of the Inuit	tree rules

Option 4

It was a festival of the Haudenosaunee

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 festival	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 festival	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 festival	det
4	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Haudenosaunee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Haudenosaunee	det
7	Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 festival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a festival				of the Haudenosaunee	tree rules

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