Exam question 1 · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Identify the principal deficiency of the representation of land as «empty» within strategy games.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, represent · To what, where: principal deficiency, land

This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deficiency	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deficiency	amod
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 representation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 representation	det
7	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deficiency	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 land	case
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 representation	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 empty	mark
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 empty	punct
12	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	advcl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 empty	punct
14	within	within	ADP	_	16 games	case
15	strategy	strategy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 games	compound
16	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 empty	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal deficiency of the representation of land					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme
2	represent			land					nom representation «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

Such lands were in most instances inhabited by peoples with their own lives and rights

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lands	amod
2	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 instances	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 instances	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instances	case
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 instances	amod
6	instances	instance	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 instances	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 peoples	case
9	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 inhabited	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 lives	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lives	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lives	amod
13	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 inhabited	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rights	cc
15	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Such lands			most instances			tree rules
2	inhabit	participle		most instances not said here				by peoples; with lands's own lives and rights	tree rules

Option 2

Such lands were in all instances wholly uninhabited until the arrival of European settlers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lands	amod
2	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 uninhabited	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 uninhabited	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instances	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 instances	det
6	instances	instance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	obl
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	8 uninhabited	advmod
8	uninhabited	uninhabited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	until	until	ADP	_	11 arrival	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 arrival	det
11	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uninhabited	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 settlers	case
13	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 settlers	amod
14	settlers	settler	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Such lands				until the arrival of European settlers	uninhabited, wholly property	tree rules
2	arrive		European settlers						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Such lands did not exist prior to the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lands	amod
2	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exist	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exist	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 exist	advmod
5	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 game	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past · do-support	Such lands					prior the game	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Such lands were inhabited solely by animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lands	amod
2	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 inhabited	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inhabited	aux:pass
4	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 inhabited	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 inhabited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	past · passive	animals	Such lands				solely property	tree rules

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