Exam question 3 · The Mongols

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the city of Kyiv in the year twelve hundred and forty.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «The Mongols» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Kyiv	case
15	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 city	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 year	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 city	nmod
19	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 hundred	compound
20	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 year	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 forty	cc
22	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 hundred	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the city of Kyiv	in the year twelve hundred		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus city=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

It was destroyed by the Mongols

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 destroyed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 destroyed	aux:pass
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Mongols	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mongols	det
6	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 destroyed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past · passive	the Mongols	It					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

It was founded by Marco Polo

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 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Marco	case
5	Marco	Marco	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 founded	obl:agent
6	Polo	Polo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Marco	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive	Marco	It					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

It was made the capital of China

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 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capital	det
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 China	case
7	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 capital	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		It					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

It was untouched by any conflict

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 untouched	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 untouched	cop
3	untouched	untouched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 conflict	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 conflict	det
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 untouched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					by any conflict; untouched property	tree rules

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