Exam question 3 · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the independence of Haiti.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 76 «When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides» 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 independence	det
11	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Haiti	case
13	Haiti	Haiti	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 independence	nmod
14	.	.	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 independence of Haiti		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus independence=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

It was granted freely by France without any condition, together with a gift of money and ships

The tree, 17 words

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 granted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 granted	aux:pass
3	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	freely	freely	ADV	_	3 granted	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 France	case
6	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 condition	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gift	punct
11	together	together	ADV	_	14 gift	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 gift	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 gift	det
14	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	appos
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 money	case
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gift	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ships	cc
18	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 condition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	past · passive	France	It				without any condition and ships; freely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	gift			money					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Haiti has never been independent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Haiti	Haiti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 independent	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 independent	cop
5	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Haiti						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is	participle	Haiti not said here					independent property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was won in eighteen hundred and four by formerly enslaved people, and France subsequently exacted a heavy payment

The tree, 19 words

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 won	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux:pass
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hundred	case
5	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 won	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 four	cc
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 people	case
10	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	11 enslaved	advmod
11	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 won	obl:agent
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 exacted	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 exacted	cc
15	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 exacted	nsubj
16	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	17 exacted	advmod
17	exacted	exact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 won	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 payment	det
19	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 payment	amod
20	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exacted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	win	past · passive	enslaved people	It	eighteen hundred		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	enslave	participle				formerly property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	exact	past	France	a heavy payment		subsequently property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme

Option 4

It was won in nineteen hundred and fifty-seven by peaceful negotiation

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 won	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux:pass
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hundred	case
5	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 won	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seven	cc
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 seven	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 fifty	punct
10	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 negotiation	case
12	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 negotiation	amod
13	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past · passive	peaceful negotiation	It		nineteen hundred			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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