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# Exam question 3 · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

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Identify the principal reason for scholarly disagreement concerning the population of Europe in 1337.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, scholarly disagreement · **What happens:** identify, concern · **To what, where:** principal reason, population, 1337

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for scholarly disagreement concerning the population of Europe in 1337.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	scholarly	scholarly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  | for scholarly disagreement | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | scholarly disagreement *not said here* | the population of Europe |  | 1337 |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus population=Experiencer |

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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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Population was not subject to change in that period, and was never counted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e3:o1:1
# text = Population was not subject to change in that period, and was never counted
1	Population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	subject	subject	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | Population |  |  |  |  | subject *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | Population *not said here* |  |  | that period |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **count** | past · passive | Population *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every inhabitant was recorded twice, by the lord and by the parish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e3:o2:1
# text = Every inhabitant was recorded twice, by the lord and by the parish
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	inhabitant	inhabitant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	parish	parish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | past · passive | the lord and the parish | every inhabitant |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

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Comprehensive censuses were seldom conducted, so figures are estimates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e3:o3:1
# text = Comprehensive censuses were seldom conducted, so figures are estimates
1	Comprehensive	comprehensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	censuses	census	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	estimates	estimate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | past · passive |  | Comprehensive censuses |  |  |  | seldom *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | figures | estimates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Contemporary records are complete but secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e3:o4:1
# text = Contemporary records are complete but secret
1	Contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Contemporary records |  |  |  |  | complete *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Contemporary records *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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