Exam question 4 · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

Ascertain the significance of George Washington's relinquishment of the presidency in 1797.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, George · What happens: ascertain, relinquish · To what, where: significance, presidency

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 relinquishment	case
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 relinquishment	nmod:poss
6	Washington	Washington	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 George	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 George	case
8	relinquishment	relinquishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 presidency	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 presidency	det
11	presidency	presidency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relinquishment	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 1797	case
13	1797	1797	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 presidency	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the significance of George's relinquishment of the presidency in 1797					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	relinquish		George	the presidency in 1797					nom relinquishment «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

It established an example of the peaceful transfer of power

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 established	nsubj
2	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 example	det
4	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 established	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 transfer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 transfer	det
7	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 transfer	amod
8	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 example	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 power	case
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transfer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	establish	past	It	a example of the peaceful transfer of power	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Patient
2	exemplify			the peaceful transfer of power	nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	transfer			power	nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It abolished the Constitution of the United States

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	4 Constitution	det
4	Constitution	Constitution	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 abolished	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 States	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 States	det
7	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 States	amod
8	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 Constitution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past	It	the Constitution of the United States					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitution=Theme

Option 3

It restored the British monarchy over the former colonies

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 restored	nsubj
2	restored	restore	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	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monarchy	amod
5	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restored	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 colonies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 colonies	det
8	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colonies	amod
9	colonies	colony	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past	It	the British monarchy		the former colonies			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme

Option 4

It commenced a civil war between the northern states

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 commenced	nsubj
2	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 war	det
4	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 war	amod
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	obj
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 states	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 states	det
8	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 states	amod
9	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 war	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	It	a civil war				between the northern states	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality

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