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# Exam question 1 · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of the principality of Moscow in 1337?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, condition · **To what, where:** condition, principality

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» 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/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of the principality of Moscow in 1337?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	principality	principality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the condition of the principality of Moscow in 1337 |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | the principality of Moscow in 1337 |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A province of the Ottoman Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e1:o1:1
# text = A province of the Ottoman Empire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Ottoman	Ottoman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A possession of the English Crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e1:o2:1
# text = A possession of the English Crown
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Crown	Crown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  |  | the English Crown |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A modest principality subject to the overlordship of the Golden Horde

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e1:o3:1
# text = A modest principality subject to the overlordship of the Golden Horde
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	modest	modest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	principality	principality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	overlordship	overlordship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Horde	Horde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The capital of an empire extending from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e1:o4:1
# text = The capital of an empire extending from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	extending	extend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Baltic	Baltic	PROPN	NNP	_	10	compound	_	_
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | gerund | a empire *not said here* |  | the Pacific Ocean | the Baltic Sea |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ocean=Recipient |

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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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