Exam question 2 · Where English came from

Identify the principal consequence for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language 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 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 language	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 language	det
7	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 language	amod
8	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Conquest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Conquest	det
11	Norman	Norman	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Conquest	compound
12	Conquest	Conquest	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 language	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 1066	case
14	1066	1066	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 Conquest	nmod
15	.	.	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 consequence				for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme

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 adoption of French as the sole language of the populace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adoption	det
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 French	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 French	case
4	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 language	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 language	det
7	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 language	amod
8	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 French	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 populace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 populace	det
11	populace	populace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 language	nmod

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

Option 2

The disappearance of all Germanic vocabulary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disappearance	det
2	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 vocabulary	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 vocabulary	det
5	Germanic	germanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vocabulary	amod
6	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disappearance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear		all Germanic vocabulary						nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The incorporation of a very great number of French words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 incorporation	det
2	incorporation	incorporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 number	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 great	advmod
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 incorporation	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 words	case
9	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incorporate			a great number of French words					nom incorporation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The total prohibition and extinction of English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prohibition	det
2	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prohibition	amod
3	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 extinction	cc
5	extinction	extinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibition	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 English	case
7	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			English					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient

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