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title: It is given that the Black Death traversed Europe between 1347 and 1… — Population and cities · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the Black Death traversed Europe between 1347 and 1351. Ascertain the proportion of the population of Europe it is estimated to have destroyed. Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Population and cities

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It is given that the Black Death traversed Europe between 1347 and 1351. Ascertain the proportion of the population of Europe it is estimated to have destroyed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Black Death, you, proportion · **What happens:** give, traverse, ascertain, estimate, destroy · **To what, where:** It, Europe, proportion

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/24-population-and-cities/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Black Death traversed Europe between 1347 and 1351.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:1
# text = It is given that the Black Death traversed Europe between 1347 and 1351.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	traversed	traverse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1347	1347	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	1351	1351	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **traverse** | past | the Black Death | Europe |  |  |  | between 1347 | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme europe=Co-Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the proportion of the population of Europe it is estimated to have destroyed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the proportion of the population of Europe it is estimated to have destroyed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	estimated	estimate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
14	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proportion of the population of Europe |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proportion=Topic |
| 2 | **estimate** | present · passive | the proportion of the population of Europe *not said here* | proportion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **destroy** | to-infinitive · perfect | the proportion of the population of Europe *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Perhaps one third to one half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:o1:1
# text = Perhaps one third to one half
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Approximately ninety-nine per cent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:o2:1
# text = Approximately ninety-nine per cent
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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None whatsoever, it affected livestock alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:o3:1
# text = None whatsoever, it affected livestock alone
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	affected	affected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	livestock	livestock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **livestock** |  | it |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Approximately one per cent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e4:o4:1
# text = Approximately one per cent
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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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