Exam question 3 · Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the works of Joseph Bazalgette.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 73 «Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe» 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 works	det
11	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Bazalgette	case
13	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Bazalgette	compound
14	Bazalgette	Bazalgette	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 works	nmod
15	.	.	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 works of Joseph Bazalgette		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus work=Experiencer
4	work		Joseph Bazalgette			nom work «act 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

He planned Central Park in New York

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Park	flat
4	Park	Park	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 planned	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 York	case
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 York	flat
7	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Park	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	He	Central Park		New York			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Topic

Option 2

He designed the first underground railway in Paris

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 designed	nsubj
2	designed	design	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 railway	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 railway	amod
5	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 railway	amod
6	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Paris	case
8	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 railway	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	past	He	the first underground railway		Paris			vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent railway=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He constructed an extensive sewer system in London following the Great Stink of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constructed	nsubj
2	constructed	construct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 system	det
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 system	amod
5	sewer	sewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 system	compound
6	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constructed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 London	case
8	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 system	nmod
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 system	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Stink	det
11	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Stink	amod
12	Stink	Stink	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hundred	case
14	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	compound
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 Stink	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 eight	cc
17	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 eight	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 fifty	punct
19	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	past	He	a extensive sewer system		London			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent system=Result
2	follow	gerund	a extensive sewer system not said here	the Great Stink of eighteen hundred					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stink=Theme

Option 4

He extinguished the Great Fire of sixteen hundred and sixty-six

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extinguished	nsubj
2	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Fire	det
4	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Fire	amod
5	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 extinguished	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 hundred	case
7	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Fire	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 six	cc
10	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 six	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 sixty	punct
12	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	past	He	the Great Fire of sixteen hundred					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

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