Exam question 3 · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of the population in agrarian societies.

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, composition

This is exam question 3 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	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 composition	det
11	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 population	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 population	det
14	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 composition	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 societies	case
16	agrarian	agrarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 societies	compound
17	societies	society	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 population	nmod
18	.	.	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 composition of the population in agrarian societies		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=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

The majority were monarchs and military commanders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monarchs	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 monarchs	cop
4	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 commanders	cc
6	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 commanders	amod
7	commanders	commander	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 monarchs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the majority	monarchs and military commanders					tree rules

Option 2

Agriculture was conducted solely by machinery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conducted	aux:pass
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 conducted	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 machinery	case
6	machinery	machinery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	past · passive	machinery	Agriculture				solely property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The great majority, frequently eight or nine persons in ten, were engaged in farming

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 majority	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 majority	amod
3	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 engaged	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 persons	punct
5	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	9 persons	advmod
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 persons	nummod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 nine	cc
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 eight	conj
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 majority	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 ten	case
11	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 persons	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 majority	punct
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 engaged	aux:pass
14	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 farming	case
16	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 engaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	past · passive		the great majority eight persons in ten				in farming goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in farming=Goal

Option 4

Farmers constituted fewer than one person in a hundred, the remainder being artisans and merchants

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	constituted	constitute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Farmers	acl
3	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 constituted	obj
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 person	nummod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fewer	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hundred	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hundred	det
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 person	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 artisans	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 remainder	det
12	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 artisans	nsubj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 artisans	cop
14	artisans	artisan	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Farmers	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 merchants	cc
16	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Farmers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	participle	Farmers and artisans and merchants not said here	fewer					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme few=Pivot
2	is a	gerund	the remainder	artisans					tree rules

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