Exam question 4 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

Ascertain the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, first Geneva Convention · What happens: ascertain, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» 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 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 Convention	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Convention	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 Convention	amod
7	Geneva	Geneva	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Convention	compound
8	Convention	Convention	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 1864	case
10	1864	1864	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 Convention	nmod
11	.	.	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 purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	purpose		the first Geneva Convention of 1864						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 compilation of the Domesday Book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 compilation	det
2	compilation	compilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Book	det
5	Domesday	Domesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Book	compound
6	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 compilation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compile			the Domesday Book					nom compilation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The creation of the Metropolitan Police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 creation	det
2	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Police	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Police	det
5	Metropolitan	Metropolitan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Police	compound
6	Police	Police	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 creation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	create			the Metropolitan Police					nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The establishment of income tax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tax	case
4	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tax	compound
5	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 establishment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish			income tax					nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The protection of wounded soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 soldiers	case
4	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soldiers	amod
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect			wounded soldiers					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

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