Exam question 4 · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the condition of Kyiv subsequent to the siege of twelve hundred and forty.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 condition	det
11	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 subsequent	case
13	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 subsequent	compound
14	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 condition	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 siege	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 siege	det
17	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 subsequent	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 hundred	case
19	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 hundred	compound
20	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 siege	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 forty	cc
22	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 hundred	conj
23	.	.	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 condition of Kyiv subsequent to the siege of twelve hundred		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus condition=Experiencer
4	condition			Kyiv subsequent to the siege of twelve hundred		nom condition «state 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

The city was gravely damaged and reduced but continued to exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 damaged	aux:pass
4	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	5 damaged	advmod
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reduced	cc
7	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 damaged	conj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 continued	cc
9	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 damaged	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 exist	mark
11	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 continued	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	damage	past · passive	the city	gravely property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	reduce	participle			vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer
3	continue	participle			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	exist	to-infinitive			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The city was spared and enlarged by the Mongols

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spared	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spared	aux:pass
4	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 enlarged	cc
6	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 spared	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Mongols	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mongols	det
9	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 enlarged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	past · passive		the city					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset
2	enlarge	participle						by the Mongols	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The city was entirely obliterated and never inhabited again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obliterated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 obliterated	aux:pass
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 obliterated	advmod
5	obliterated	obliterate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 inhabited	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 inhabited	advmod
8	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 obliterated	conj
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 inhabited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obliterate	past · passive		the city				entirely property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not inhabit	participle					again		tree rules

Option 4

The city was transferred to the Kingdom of France

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transferred	aux:pass
4	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Kingdom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Kingdom	det
7	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 France	case
9	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Kingdom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	past · passive		the city	the Kingdom of France				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to kingdom=Recipient

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