Exam question 3 · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred and ninety-four.

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, Treaty

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» 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 Treaty	det
11	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Tordesillas	case
13	Tordesillas	Tordesillas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Treaty	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hundred	case
15	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 hundred	nummod
16	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 Treaty	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 four	cc
18	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 four	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 ninety	punct
20	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 hundred	conj
21	.	.	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 Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus treaty=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 divided newly reached lands between Spain and Portugal without consulting their inhabitants

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	2 divided	nsubj
2	divided	divide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	newly	newly	ADV	_	4 reached	advmod
4	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lands	amod
5	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 divided	obj
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 Spain	case
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lands	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Portugal	cc
9	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Spain	conj
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 consulting	mark
11	consulting	consult	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 divided	advcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 inhabitants	nmod:poss
13	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consulting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	divide	past	It	reached lands	between Spain and Portugal	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
2	reach	participle			newly property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	consult	gerund		Spain's inhabitants		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Theme

Option 2

It granted the Americas to England

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	2 granted	nsubj
2	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Americas	det
4	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 granted	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 England	case
6	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 granted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	past	It	the Americas	England				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent americas=Theme to england=Goal

Option 3

It was agreed by the Taíno

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive	the Taíno	It					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 4

It ended the Hundred Years' War

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	2 ended	nsubj
2	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Years	det
4	Hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Years	nummod
5	Years	Year	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 War	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Years	case
7	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ended	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	It	the Hundred Years's War					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality

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