Exam question 1 · Britain and Ireland: a short story

Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, know · To what, where: principle, charter, twelve hundred

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 principle	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 charter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 charter	det
7	charter	charter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 established	obl
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 charter	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 Magna	case
10	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 known	obl
11	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Magna	flat
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hundred	case
13	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	compound
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 known	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fifteen	cc
16	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principle			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	establish	participle		the principle not said here		by the charter	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	know	participle		the charter not said here	twelve hundred	as Magna	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as magna=Attribute

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

That the sovereign is likewise subject to the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 sovereign	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sovereign	det
3	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 subject	cop
5	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	6 subject	advmod
6	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 law	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 law	det
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that sovereign					to the law; likewise, subject property	tree rules

Option 2

That the sovereign is above all law and answerable to no court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 sovereign	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sovereign	det
3	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 law	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 law	cop
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 law	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 answerable	cc
9	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 law	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answerable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that sovereign			all law			tree rules
2	be		that sovereign not said here					to no court	tree rules

Option 3

That Parliament shall be abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Parliament	det
2	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 abolished	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 abolished	aux:pass
5	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	shall · passive		that Parliament					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

That Ireland shall be independent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Ireland	det
2	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 independent	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 independent	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 independent	cop
5	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	shall	that Ireland					independent property	tree rules

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