Exam question 3 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the first ruling dynasty of Kyivan Rus.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, rule · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» 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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 dynasty	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dynasty	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 dynasty	amod
15	ruling	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 dynasty	amod
16	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Kyivan	case
18	Kyivan	Kyivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 dynasty	nmod
19	Rus	Rus	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Kyivan	flat
20	.	.	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 origin of the first ruling dynasty of Kyivan		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer
4	rule	gerund				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 was of Scandinavian origin and subsequently adopted the Slavic language

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	5 origin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 origin	case
4	Scandinavian	scandinavian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 origin	amod
5	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 adopted	cc
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	8 adopted	advmod
8	adopted	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 language	det
10	Slavic	slavic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 language	amod
11	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adopted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					of Scandinavian origin	tree rules
2	adopt	past		the Slavic language				subsequently property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme

Option 2

It was of Roman origin and conducted all its affairs and its correspondence in Latin

The tree, 15 words

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	5 origin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 origin	case
4	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 origin	amod
5	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 conducted	cc
7	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 affairs	det:predet
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 affairs	nmod:poss
10	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conducted	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 correspondence	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 correspondence	nmod:poss
13	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 origin	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Latin	case
15	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 correspondence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			of Roman origin and its correspondence in Latin	tree rules
2	conduct	past		its affairs			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme
3	correspond		its = it		Latin		nom correspondence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 3

It was elected by the Trypillia people

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 elected	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 elected	aux:pass
3	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 people	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
6	Trypillia	Trypillia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 people	compound
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 elected	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	past · passive	the Trypillia people	It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It was of Mongol origin and spoke Mongolian at court

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	5 origin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 origin	case
4	Mongol	mongol	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 origin	amod
5	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 spoke	cc
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 origin	conj
8	Mongolian	Mongolian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spoke	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 court	case
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					of Mongol origin	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	past				court		mongolian property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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