Exam question 4 · The Industrial Revolution

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the attainment of the weekend by labourers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, attain · To what, where: response, attainment, weekend

This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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 attainment	det
11	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 weekend	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 weekend	det
14	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attainment	nmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 labourers	case
16	labourers	labourer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	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 attainment of the weekend	by labourers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attainment=Experiencer
4	attain			the weekend		nom attainment «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

It was a consequence of the invention of the telephone

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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 invention	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 invention	det
7	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 telephone	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 telephone	det
10	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a consequence				of the invention of the telephone	tree rules
2	invent			the telephone					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It was conferred by the Church in the Middle Ages

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 conferred	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conferred	aux:pass
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Church	det
6	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 Ages	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ages	det
9	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Ages	flat
10	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past · passive	the Church	It			in the Middle Ages		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was secured through collective action by trade unions

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 secured	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 secured	aux:pass
3	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 action	case
5	collective	collective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 action	amod
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 unions	case
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unions	compound
9	unions	union	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 secured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	past · passive	trade unions	It		collective action			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Theme

Option 4

It has always existed

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	4 existed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 existed	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 existed	advmod
4	existed	exist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present · perfect · passive		It				always property	tree rules

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