Exam question 1 · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

Identify the measures attributed to Qin Shi Huang subsequent to the unification of 221 BC.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, measures · What happens: identify, attribute · To what, where: Qin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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 measures	det
3	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attributed	nsubj
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Qin	case
6	Qin	Qin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 attributed	obl
7	Shi	Shi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Qin	flat
8	Huang	Huang	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Qin	flat
9	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Qin	appos
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 unification	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 unification	det
12	unification	unification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 subsequent	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 221	case
14	221	221	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 unification	nmod
15	BC	BC	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 221	nmod:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	attribute	past	the measures		Qin				tree rules

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 establishment of an elected parliament with members from every province

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 parliament	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parliament	det
5	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 parliament	amod
6	parliament	parliament	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 establishment	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 members	case
8	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 parliament	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 province	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 province	det
11	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	establish			a elected parliament with members from every province					nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The introduction of paper currency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 introduction	det
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 currency	case
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 currency	compound
5	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce			paper currency					nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The abolition of all written language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abolition	det
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 language	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 language	det
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 language	amod
6	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	abolish			all written language					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The standardisation of script, coinage, weights and axle widths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 standardisation	det
2	standardisation	standardisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 script	case
4	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 standardisation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coinage	punct
6	coinage	coinage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 standardisation	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 weights	punct
8	weights	weight	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 standardisation	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 widths	cc
10	axle	axle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 widths	compound
11	widths	width	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 standardisation	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	standardise			script					nom standardisation «state transitive»: of=patient

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