Exam question 3 · Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, stea…

Ascertain the provisions introduced for motor cars in Britain from the year 1904.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, introduce · To what, where: provisions, Britain

This is exam question 3 of lesson 83 «Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, steam trains, wash day and gold sovereigns» 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 provisions	det
3	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 provisions	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 cars	case
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cars	compound
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 introduced	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Britain	case
9	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 introduced	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 introduced	obl
13	1904	1904	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 year	flat
14	.	.	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 provisions					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Topic
2	introduce	participle		the provisions not said here		Britain	year	for motor cars	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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

A speed limit of 20 miles an hour, number plates and driving licences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 limit	det
2	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 limit	compound
3	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 miles	case
5	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 miles	nummod
6	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 limit	nmod
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 miles	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plates	punct
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plates	compound
11	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 miles	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 licences	cc
13	driving	driving	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 licences	compound
14	licences	licence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 miles	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A man walking in front with a flag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 man	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 flag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flag	det
8	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	a man not said here			front		with a flag	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory

Option 3

The abolition of every limit upon speed throughout the kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abolition	det
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 limit	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 limit	det
5	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 speed	case
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 limit	nmod
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	10 kingdom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kingdom	det
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			every limit upon speed			throughout the kingdom		nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient throughout=obl

Option 4

A compulsory driving test for every motorist, together with a tax upon horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
2	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
3	driving	driving	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	compound
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 motorist	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 motorist	det
7	motorist	motorist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tax	punct
9	together	together	ADV	_	12 tax	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 tax	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tax	det
12	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	appos
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 horses	case
14	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tax	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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