Exam question 1 · China: the Song and the Mongols

Identify the institution which renders the Song dynasty notable in the history of currency.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, institution · What happens: identify, render · To what, where: institution, Song dynasty

This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «China: the Song 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 institution	det
3	institution	institution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 renders	nsubj
5	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 institution	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dynasty	det
7	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dynasty	compound
8	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	obj
9	notable	notable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dynasty	amod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 history	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 history	det
12	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notable	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 currency	case
14	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 history	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the institution					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent institution=Theme
2	render	present	the institution	the Song dynasty					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=Theme

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 first gold coin bearing a portrait of the reigning emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coin	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 coin	amod
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coin	compound
4	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 coin	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 portrait	det
7	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bearing	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 emperor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 emperor	det
10	reigning	reign	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 emperor	amod
11	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 portrait	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bear	gerund	the first gold coin not said here	a portrait of the reigning emperor	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Patient
2	reign	gerund			tree rules
3	portray			the reigning emperor	nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The adoption of Spanish silver dollars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adoption	det
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 dollars	case
4	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dollars	amod
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dollars	compound
6	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 adoption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt			Spanish silver dollars					nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The abolition of every form of money

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	_	5 form	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			every form of money					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient
2	form			money					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The first paper money issued by a government, the jiaozi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 money	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 money	amod
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 money	compound
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 money	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 government	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 government	det
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 issued	obl:agent
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 jiaozi	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jiaozi	det
11	jiaozi	jiaozi	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 money	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		the first paper money not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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