Exam question 4 · Why some places grew rich

Ascertain the manner in which Japan achieved industrialisation subsequent to eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Japan · What happens: ascertain, achieve · To what, where: manner, industrialisation

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 achieved	obl
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 achieved	nsubj
7	achieved	achieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	parataxis
8	industrialisation	industrialisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 achieved	obj
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 industrialisation	amod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hundred	case
11	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hundred	compound
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 achieved	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eight	cc
14	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 eight	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 sixty	punct
16	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hundred	conj
17	.	.	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 manner					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	achieve	past	Japan	industrialisation				to eighteen hundred	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent industrialisation=Eventuality

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

By the discovery of extensive silver deposits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 discovery	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 discovery	det
3	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 deposits	case
5	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deposits	amod
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deposits	compound
7	deposits	deposit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 discovery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover			extensive silver deposits					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By studying foreign institutions and constructing its own versions of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 studying	mark
2	studying	study	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 institutions	amod
4	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 studying	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 constructing	cc
6	constructing	construct	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 studying	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 versions	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 versions	amod
9	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 constructing	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 versions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	gerund		foreign institutions					vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Topic
2	construct	gerund		its own versions of versions					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Result

Option 3

By the abolition of all schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 abolition	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 abolition	det
3	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 schools	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 schools	det
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			all schools					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

By the complete exclusion of all foreign contact and the prohibition of trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 exclusion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 exclusion	det
3	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 exclusion	amod
4	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 contact	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 contact	det
7	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 contact	amod
8	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exclusion	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 prohibition	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prohibition	det
11	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contact	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 trade	case
13	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude			all foreign contact and the prohibition of trade					nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient
2	prohibit			trade					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient

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