Exam question 3 · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the game of chess.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 game	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 game	det
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 chess	case
16	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 game	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 origin of the game of chess		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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

It was devised in England during the twentieth century

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 devised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 England	case
5	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 century	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 century	det
8	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 century	amod
9	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive		It		England	century		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It was devised by Fibonacci in twelve hundred and two

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 devised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Fibonacci	case
5	Fibonacci	Fibonacci	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hundred	case
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 devised	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 two	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive	Fibonacci	It		twelve hundred			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It originated in India and was transmitted through Persia and the Arab world

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 India	case
4	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 originated	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 transmitted	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 transmitted	aux:pass
7	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 originated	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 Persia	case
9	Persia	Persia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 transmitted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 world	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
12	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 world	amod
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Persia	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	past	It			India			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	transmit	past · passive				Persia and the Arab world			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

It originated in Ancient Rome

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Ancient	case
4	Ancient	Ancient	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 originated	obl
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ancient	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	past	It			Ancient			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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