Exam question 4 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the defeat of the Spanish Armada in fifteen hundred and eighty-eight.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, defeat · To what, where: response, defeat, fifteen hundred, Spanish Armada

This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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 defeat	det
11	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Armada	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Armada	det
14	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Armada	amod
15	Armada	Armada	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 defeat	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 hundred	case
17	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hundred	compound
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 concerning	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 eight	cc
20	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 eight	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 eighty	punct
22	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hundred	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 defeat of the Spanish Armada	fifteen hundred		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus defeat=Experiencer
4	defeat			the Spanish Armada			nom defeat «event 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

The Armada was victorious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Armada	det
2	Armada	Armada	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 victorious	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 victorious	cop
4	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Armada					victorious property	tree rules

Option 2

It was effected by the Ottoman fleet

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 effected	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 effected	aux:pass
3	effected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 fleet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fleet	det
6	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fleet	amod
7	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	past · passive	the Ottoman fleet	It					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was effected by the English navy together with adverse weather

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 effected	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 effected	aux:pass
3	effected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 navy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 navy	det
6	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 navy	amod
7	navy	navy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effected	obl:agent
8	together	together	ADV	_	3 effected	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 weather	case
10	adverse	adverse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weather	amod
11	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	past · passive	the English navy	It				with adverse weather; together property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 4

No engagement took place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 engagement	det
2	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	no engagement	place					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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