Exam question 4 · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year fourteen hundred and fifty-three.

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, fourteen hundred

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl:unmarked
12	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 hundred	nummod
13	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 concerning	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 three	cc
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 three	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 fifty	punct
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 hundred	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	fourteen hundred	year		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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

Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 captured	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 captured	aux:pass
3	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 Turks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Turks	det
6	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Turks	amod
7	Turks	Turk	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past · passive	the Ottoman Turks	Constantinople					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

The Black Death first arrived in Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Death	det
2	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Death	amod
3	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	nsubj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 arrived	advmod
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Europe	case
7	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the Black Death			Europe		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Magna Carta was sealed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sealed	nsubj:pass
2	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Magna	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sealed	aux:pass
4	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	past · passive		Magna					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Columbus reached the Caribbean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reached	nsubj
2	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caribbean	det
4	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	Columbus	the Caribbean					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent caribbean=Theme

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