Exam question 1 · Why some places grew rich

Identify the principal source of the prosperity of Venice between approximately the years one thousand and fifteen hundred.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal source

This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 source	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 source	amod
4	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 prosperity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prosperity	det
7	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Venice	case
9	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 prosperity	nmod
10	between	between	ADP	_	13 years	case
11	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	13 years	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 years	det
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obl
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 thousand	compound
15	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hundred	cc
17	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hundred	compound
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 thousand	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal source of the prosperity of Venice			year		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme

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

Tribute paid by the Chinese emperors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tribute	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 emperors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 emperors	det
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 emperors	amod
6	emperors	emperor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		Tribute not said here				by the Chinese emperors	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Extensive cultivation of grain upon the islands of the lagoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cultivation	amod
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 grain	case
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cultivation	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 islands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 islands	det
7	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cultivation	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lagoon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lagoon	det
10	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 islands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cultivate			grain				upon the islands of the lagoon	nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Commerce between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commerce	commerce	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	between	between	ADP	_	3 Europe	case
3	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Commerce	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Mediterranean	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mediterranean	det
6	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Mediterranean	amod
7	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Europe	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The extraction of gold from beneath the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 extraction	det
2	extraction	extraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extraction	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 city	case
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extraction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract			gold		the city			nom extraction «process transitive»: of=patient from=place

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