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description: Identify the instruments whereby the United Kingdom was constituted. Exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Exam question 3 · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew

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Identify the instruments whereby the United Kingdom was constituted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, constitute · **To what, where:** instruments, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e3:1
# text = Identify the instruments whereby the United Kingdom was constituted.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	7	flat	_	_
7	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instruments |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | past · passive |  | the United Kingdom |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |

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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 decree of Louis XIV in 1643

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e3:o1:1
# text = A decree of Louis XIV in 1643
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Louis	Louis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	XIV	XIV	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1643	1643	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decree** |  | Louis XIV |  |  |  |  |  | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Congress of Vienna in 1815

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e3:o2:1
# text = The Congress of Vienna in 1815
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Congress	Congress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Vienna	Vienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1815	1815	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A single treaty with France in 1453

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e3:o3:1
# text = A single treaty with France in 1453
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1453	1453	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The union of England and Scotland in 1707 and of Ireland in 1801

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:e3:o4:1
# text = The union of England and Scotland in 1707 and of Ireland in 1801
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1707	1707	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1801	1801	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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