Exam question 3 · China: the Silk Road and the Tang

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Wu Zetian.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Wu Zetian

This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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	Wu	Wu	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Zetian	compound
11	Zetian	Zetian	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	Wu Zetian		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus zetian=Experiencer

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

She held power without the imperial title

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
4	without	without	ADP	_	7 title	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 title	det
6	imperial	imperial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 title	amod
7	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	She	power				without the imperial title	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

Option 2

She founded the Han dynasty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 founded	nsubj
2	founded	found	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dynasty	det
4	Han	Han	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dynasty	compound
5	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 founded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past	She	the Han dynasty					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=Patient

Option 3

She commanded the voyages to Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commanded	nsubj
2	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voyages	det
4	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commanded	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Africa	case
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 commanded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	past	She	the voyages	Africa				vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent voyage=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She alone among women ruled as emperor in her own name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ruled	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 ruled	advmod
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 ruled	case
4	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ruled	nsubj
5	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 emperor	case
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruled	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 name	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 name	amod
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	She			her own name		as emperor; alone property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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