Exam question 3 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the occupation of the greater number of Norse people?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, occupy · To what, where: occupation, greater number

This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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	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 occupation	det
10	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 number	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 number	det
13	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 number	amod
14	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occupation	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 people	case
16	Norse	norse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 people	amod
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 number	nmod
18	?	?	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 occupation of the greater number of Norse people	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	occupy		the greater number of Norse people		nom occupation «act 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

Continual raiding by sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continual	continual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 raiding	amod
2	raiding	raiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 sea	case
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raiding	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Agriculture, fishing and commerce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fishing	punct
3	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Agriculture	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 commerce	cc
5	commerce	commerce	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Agriculture	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The construction of pyramids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pyramids	case
4	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			pyramids					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Service in the Roman legions as paid soldiers abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 legions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 legions	det
4	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 legions	amod
5	legions	legion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Service	nmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 soldiers	amod
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 legions	nmod
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	8 soldiers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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