Exam question 1 · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conversion of Rus to Christianity under Prince Volodymyr?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, convert · To what, where: conversion, Christianity, Prince Volodymyr, Rus

This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conversion	det
10	conversion	conversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Rus	case
12	Rus	Rus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conversion	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Christianity	case
14	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	under	under	ADP	_	17 Volodymyr	case
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Volodymyr	compound
17	Volodymyr	Volodymyr	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conversion of Rus	Christianity	Prince Volodymyr	accurately property	tree rules
3	convert		Rus				nom conversion «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was initiated circa nine hundred and eighty-eight and was completed only over subsequent generations

The tree, 16 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	3 initiated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 initiated	aux:pass
3	initiated	initiate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	circa	circa	ADP	_	6 hundred	case
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 initiated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 eight	cc
8	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 eight	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 eight	punct
10	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 completed	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 completed	aux:pass
13	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 initiated	conj
14	only	only	ADV	_	17 generations	advmod
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 generations	case
16	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 generations	amod
17	generations	generation	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 completed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	initiate	past · passive		It				circa nine hundred	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	complete	past · passive					over subsequent generations		vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2

It took place in Rome under the Pope

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Rome	case
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 Pope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pope	det
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	It	place		Rome		under the Pope	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in rome=Location

Option 3

It was completed in its entirety within a single day

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 completed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 completed	aux:pass
3	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 entirety	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 entirety	nmod:poss
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completed	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	past · passive		It		its entirety	day		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

It was imposed by the Mongols in twelve hundred and forty

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 imposed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 imposed	aux:pass
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Mongols	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mongols	det
6	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 imposed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hundred	case
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 imposed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 forty	cc
11	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · passive	the Mongols	It		twelve hundred			vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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