Exam question 1 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

Identify the location wherein, according to established historical evidence, the earliest coins were produced.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, produce · To what, where: location, historical evidence, earliest coins

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» of the money 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	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	8 established	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 established	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 established	aux:pass
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
9	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 evidence	amod
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 established	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 produced	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 coins	det
13	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 coins	amod
14	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 produced	nsubj:pass
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 produced	aux:pass
16	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the location		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	establish	gerund · passive	you not said here	historical evidence	wherein property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: evidence=Patient
3	produce	past · passive		the earliest coins		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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 kingdom of England under the Tudors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kingdom	det
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kingdom	nmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 Tudors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Tudors	det
7	Tudors	tudor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kingdom	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Lydia, a territory now forming part of Turkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lydia	Lydia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 territory	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 territory	det
4	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lydia	appos
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 forming	advmod
6	forming	form	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 territory	acl
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forming	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Turkey	case
9	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	gerund	a territory not said here	part of Turkey			now		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

Option 3

The Roman province of Britannia, under the emperors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 province	det
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 province	amod
3	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Britannia	case
5	Britannia	Britannia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 province	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 province	punct
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 emperors	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 emperors	det
9	emperors	emperor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 province	nmod

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

Option 4

The island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Yap	case
4	Yap	Yap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 island	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Ocean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ocean	det
7	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Ocean	compound
8	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 island	nmod

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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