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# Exam question 3 · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991?
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	dissolution	dissolution	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	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	Socialist	socialist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Republics	republic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dissolve** |  |  | the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 |  |  |  |  | nom dissolution «process 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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It was absorbed in its entirety by the European Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e3:o1:1
# text = It was absorbed in its entirety by the European Union
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	absorbed	absorb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | past · passive | the European Union | It |  | its entirety |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was succeeded by a single state alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e3:o2:1
# text = It was succeeded by a single state alone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **succeed** | past · passive | a single state | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It was succeeded by fifteen independent states

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e3:o3:1
# text = It was succeeded by fifteen independent states
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **succeed** | past · passive | fifteen independent states | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was partitioned between India and Pakistan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e3:o4:1
# text = It was partitioned between India and Pakistan
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	partitioned	partition	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **partition** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | between India and Pakistan | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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