Exam question 3 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dissemination of the word for tea.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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 dissemination	det
11	dissemination	dissemination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 word	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dissemination	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 tea	case
16	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	nmod
17	.	.	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 dissemination of the word for tea		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dissemination=Experiencer
4	disseminate			the word for tea		nom dissemination «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

All forms derive from the Turkish language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 forms	det
2	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derive	nsubj
3	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 language	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 language	det
6	Turkish	Turkish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 language	amod
7	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	all forms			the Turkish language			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from language=Material

Option 2

All forms derive from a decree of the English Crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 forms	det
2	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derive	nsubj
3	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 decree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decree	det
6	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derive	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Crown	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Crown	det
9	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Crown	amod
10	Crown	Crown	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 decree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	all forms			a decree of the English Crown			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from decree=Material
2	decree		the English Crown						nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Forms resembling «tea» travelled by sea and forms resembling «chai» travelled by land

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Forms	acl
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 tea	punct
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resembling	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 resembling	punct
6	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Forms	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 sea	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 travelled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forms	cc
10	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 travelled	conj
11	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 forms	xcomp
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 chai	punct
13	chai	chai	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 resembling	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 chai	punct
15	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 chai	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 land	case
17	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resemble	gerund	Forms not said here	tea		tree rules
2	travell	participle		Forms not said here	by sea	tree rules
3	form	present				tree rules
4	resemble	gerund		chai		tree rules
5	travell	participle		chai not said here	by land	tree rules

Option 4

The word was invented independently in each language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	independently	independently	ADV	_	4 invented	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 language	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 language	det
8	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		the word		each language		independently property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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