Exam question 4 · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music…

Ascertain the status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, respect · To what, where: status, Parthenon marbles

This is exam question 4 of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» 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 status	det
3	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dispute	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dispute	det
6	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 status	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dispute	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 marbles	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marbles	det
11	Parthenon	Parthenon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 marbles	compound
12	marbles	marble	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 respect	nmod
13	.	.	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 status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic
2	respect			the Parthenon marbles					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

It remains contested between Greece and the British Museum

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 contested	nsubj:pass
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 contested	aux:pass
3	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 Greece	case
5	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 contested	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Museum	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Museum	det
8	British	British	PROPN	_	9 Museum	compound
9	Museum	Museum	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Greece	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contest	present · passive		It				between Greece and the British Museum	tree rules

Option 2

No party has ever claimed the marbles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claimed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 claimed	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 claimed	advmod
5	claimed	claim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marbles	det
7	marbles	marble	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 claimed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present · perfect · passive		no party			ever		tree rules

Option 3

The marbles were destroyed in the nineteenth century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marbles	det
2	marbles	marble	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 destroyed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 destroyed	aux:pass
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 century	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 century	det
7	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 century	amod
8	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 destroyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past · passive		the marbles			century		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It was resolved by the full return of the marbles

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 resolved	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 resolved	aux:pass
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 return	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 return	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 return	amod
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 marbles	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marbles	det
10	marbles	marble	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	past · passive	the full return of the marbles	It					tree rules
2	return		the marbles						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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