Exam question 1 · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the original significance of Magna Carta in 1215?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: original significance, 1215

This is exam question 1 of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 significance	det
10	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 significance	amod
11	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Magna	case
13	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 significance	nmod
14	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Magna	flat
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 1215	case
16	1215	1215	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the original significance of Magna		1215		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It abolished the English monarchy and established a republic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abolished	nsubj
2	abolished	abolish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monarchy	det
4	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monarchy	amod
5	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolished	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 established	cc
7	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abolished	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 republic	det
9	republic	republic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past	It	the English monarchy					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme
2	establish	past		a republic					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent republic=Patient

Option 2

It conferred universal suffrage upon all inhabitants of England, both men and women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conferred	nsubj
2	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 suffrage	amod
4	suffrage	suffrage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conferred	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 inhabitants	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 inhabitants	det
7	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conferred	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 England	case
9	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 inhabitants	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 men	punct
11	both	both	CCONJ	_	12 men	cc:preconj
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conferred	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 women	cc
14	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 men	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past	It	universal suffrage				upon all inhabitants of England; men and women obl	tree rules

Option 3

It was drafted by the Haudenosaunee and carried to England

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drafted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drafted	aux:pass
3	drafted	draft	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Haudenosaunee	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Haudenosaunee	det
6	Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 drafted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carried	cc
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drafted	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 England	case
10	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draft	past · passive	the Haudenosaunee	It					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	carry	past	the Haudenosaunee not said here		England				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to england=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It chiefly protected barons and the Church, while establishing that the king was subject to law

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 protected	nsubj
2	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	3 protected	advmod
3	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	barons	baron	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protected	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Church	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Church	det
7	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 barons	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 establishing	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 establishing	mark
10	establishing	establish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 protected	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 subject	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subject	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 subject	cop
15	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 establishing	ccomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 law	case
17	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subject	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	protect	past	It	barons and the Church	chiefly property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baron=Beneficiary
2	establish	gerund				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	is	past	the king		to law; subject property	tree rules

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