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# Exam question 1 · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the boundaries of states in the year 1337?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** boundaries

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» 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/40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the boundaries of states in the year 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	boundaries	boundary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 boundaries of states |  |  | year | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They frequently constituted indeterminate zones rather than precise lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e1:o1:1
# text = They frequently constituted indeterminate zones rather than precise lines
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	indeterminate	indeterminate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	zones	zone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	9	cc	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They did not exist in any form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e1:o2:1
# text = They did not exist in any form
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past · do-support | They |  |  | any form |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were fixed by international treaty in the twentieth century by the League of Nations

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e1:o3:1
# text = They were fixed by international treaty in the twentieth century by the League of Nations
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	League	League	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | past · passive | international treaty | They |  |  | century | by the League of Nations | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were delineated with exactitude in every instance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e1:o4:1
# text = They were delineated with exactitude in every instance
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	delineated	delineate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	exactitude	exactitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delineate** | past · passive |  | They |  | every instance |  | with exactitude | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with exactitude=Instrument |

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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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