Exam question 2 · Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust ea…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the laws of Hammurabi.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, laws

This is exam question 2 of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» 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	11 laws	det
11	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Hammurabi	case
13	Hammurabi	Hammurabi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 laws	nmod
14	.	.	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 laws of Hammurabi		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus law=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

They conferred identical rights upon all persons, free or enslaved

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 conferred	nsubj
2	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rights	amod
4	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conferred	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 persons	det
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conferred	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 free	punct
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 enslaved	cc
11	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 free	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past	They	identical rights				upon all persons	tree rules
2	enslave	participle	They not said here						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They were preserved solely in oral form by the priests

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 preserved	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 preserved	aux:pass
3	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 preserved	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 form	case
6	oral	oral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 form	amod
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preserved	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 priests	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 priests	det
10	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	past · passive	the priests	They		oral form		solely property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They were inscribed publicly but did not treat all ranks equally

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 inscribed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inscribed	aux:pass
3	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	3 inscribed	advmod
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 treat	cc
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 treat	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 treat	advmod
8	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 inscribed	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 ranks	det
10	ranks	rank	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 treat	obj
11	equally	equally	ADV	_	8 treat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inscribe	past · passive		They				publicly property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
2	not treat	past · do-support		all ranks				equally property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rank=Recipient

Option 4

They were enacted in the nineteenth century in France

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 enacted	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 enacted	aux:pass
3	enacted	enact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enacted	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 France	case
9	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 century	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enact	past · passive		They			century		vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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