Exam question 2 · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the punishment of transportation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, punish · To what, where: response, punishment, transportation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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 punishment	det
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 transportation	case
13	transportation	transportation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 punishment	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 punishment of transportation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus punishment=Experiencer
4	punish			transportation		nom punishment «act 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

Convicts were carried about the town in a cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Convicts	convict	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 town	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cart	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cart	det
9	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive		Convicts		a cart		about the town	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in cart=Location

Option 2

Prisoners were conveyed by railway to the far north of Scotland and set to work in the mines there

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conveyed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 railway	case
5	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 north	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 north	det
8	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 north	amod
9	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Scotland	case
11	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 north	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 set	cc
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 conveyed	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 work	mark
15	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 set	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 mines	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mines	det
18	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 work	obl
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	convey	past · passive	railway	Prisoners	the far north of Scotland			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Topic to north=Recipient
2	set	infinitive	railway not said here					tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive	railway not said here			there	in the mines	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mine=Theme

Option 3

Prisoners were transported to the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transported	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transported	aux:pass
3	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 transported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transport	past · passive		Prisoners	the Moon				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to moon=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Some 160,000 convicts were conveyed by ship to Australia between 1788 and 1868

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 convicts	det
2	160,000	160,000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 convicts	nummod
3	convicts	convict	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conveyed	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 conveyed	aux:pass
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 ship	case
7	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Australia	case
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 1788	case
11	1788	1788	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 conveyed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 1868	cc
13	1868	1868	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 1788	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	past · passive		some 160,000 convicts	Australia			by ship; between 1788	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to australia=Recipient

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