Exam question 3 · How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» 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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 Stone	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Stone	det
11	Stone	Stone	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 facts	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Bronze	punct
13	Bronze	Bronze	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Stone	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Ages	cc
15	Iron	Iron	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Ages	compound
16	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 Stone	conj
17	.	.	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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

They are classifications devised by historians, occurring at differing times in differing regions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 classifications	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 classifications	cop
3	classifications	classification	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 classifications	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 historians	case
6	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devised	obl:agent
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 occurring	punct
8	occurring	occur	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 classifications	conj
9	at	at	SCONJ	_	10 differing	mark
10	differing	differ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 occurring	advcl
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 differing	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 regions	case
13	differing	differing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 regions	compound
14	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 differing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	They	classifications			tree rules
2	devise	participle		classifications not said here			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	occur	gerund	They not said here				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	differ	gerund	They not said here		differing regions	time	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They were proclaimed by decree of ancient monarchs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 proclaimed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proclaimed	aux:pass
3	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 decree	case
5	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proclaimed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 monarchs	case
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monarchs	amod
8	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 decree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proclaim	past · passive	decree of ancient monarchs	They					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	decree		ancient monarchs						nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

They succeeded one another everywhere in the year one thousand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 succeeded	nsubj
2	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 succeeded	obj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	fixed
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 succeeded	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 succeeded	obl
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 year	flat
10	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 one	list

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	past	They	one			year	everywhere property	tree rules

Option 4

They commenced simultaneously throughout the world, by the general agreement of all peoples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commenced	nsubj
2	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	2 commenced	advmod
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	6 world	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 world	det
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agreement	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 agreement	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 agreement	det
10	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 agreement	amod
11	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 peoples	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 peoples	det
14	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	They				throughout the world	simultaneously property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	agree		all peoples						nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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