Exam question 2 · China: the four great inventions

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest dated printed book.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, date, print · To what, where: response, earliest dated printed book

This is exam question 2 of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» 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	14 book	det
11	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 book	amod
12	dated	date	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 book	amod
13	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 book	amod
14	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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 earliest dated printed book		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus book=Experiencer
4	date	participle				vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	print	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 Jikji, printed with metal type in 1377

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Jikji	det
2	Jikji	Jikji	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Jikji	punct
4	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Jikji	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 type	case
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 type	compound
7	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 printed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1377	case
9	1377	1377	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 printed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle		the Jikji not said here		1377		with metal type	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in 1377=Destination

Option 2

The Bible printed by Gutenberg in the city of Mainz circa 1450

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bible	det
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 printed	nsubj:pass
3	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Gutenberg	case
5	Gutenberg	Gutenberg	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 printed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 printed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Mainz	case
10	Mainz	Mainz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 city	nmod
11	circa	circa	ADP	_	12 1450	case
12	1450	1450	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 printed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle · passive	Gutenberg	the Bible		the city of Mainz		circa 1450	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in city=Destination

Option 3

A Roman almanac of the first century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 almanac	det
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 almanac	amod
3	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 almanac	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Diamond Sutra, printed in 868 and recovered at Dunhuang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sutra	det
2	Diamond	Diamond	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sutra	compound
3	Sutra	Sutra	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recovered	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 printed	punct
5	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Sutra	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 868	case
7	868	868	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 printed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 printed	cc
9	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Dunhuang	case
11	Dunhuang	Dunhuang	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle		the Diamond Sutra not said here		868			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in 868=Destination
2	recover	past	the Diamond Sutra			Dunhuang			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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