Exam question 2 · Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rig…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abolition of slavery.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, abolish · To what, where: response, abolition, slavery

This is exam question 2 of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» 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 abolition	det
11	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 slavery	case
13	slavery	slavery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abolition	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 abolition of slavery		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus abolition=Experiencer
4	abolish			slavery		nom abolition «act transitive»: 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

It was abolished in Mauritania in 1807, before all other countries

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 abolished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 abolished	aux:pass
3	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Mauritania	case
5	Mauritania	Mauritania	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 abolished	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1807	case
7	1807	1807	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 abolished	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 countries	punct
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 countries	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 countries	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 countries	amod
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abolished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		It		Mauritania	before all other countries	in 1807	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It was abolished everywhere simultaneously in 1865, by agreement among all governments of the world

The tree, 15 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 abolished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 abolished	aux:pass
3	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 abolished	advmod
5	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	3 abolished	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1865	case
7	1865	1865	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 abolished	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 agreement	punct
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 agreement	case
10	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abolished	parataxis
11	among	among	ADP	_	13 governments	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 governments	det
13	governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 agreement	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 world	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 governments	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		It		1865		everywhere, simultaneously property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was never practised outside Europe at any time

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	4 practised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 practised	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 practised	advmod
4	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 Europe	case
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 practised	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not practise	past · passive		It			time	outside Europe	tree rules

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

It was abolished at different dates in different countries, and forced labour persists illegally

The tree, 14 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 abolished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 abolished	aux:pass
3	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 dates	case
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dates	amod
6	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abolished	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 countries	case
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 countries	amod
9	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abolished	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 persists	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 persists	cc
12	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 labour	amod
13	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 persists	nsubj
14	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 abolished	conj
15	illegally	illegally	ADV	_	14 persists	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		It	different dates	in different countries	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	force	participle					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	persist	present	forced labour			illegally property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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