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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 2 · Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, battle · **To what, where:** response, battle, 480, Thermopylae

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta» of the history 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/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Thermopylae	Thermopylae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	480	480	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
16	BC	BC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the battle of Thermopylae |  | 480  BC |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus battle=Experiencer |
| 4 | **battle** |  |  | Thermopylae |  |  |  |  | nom battle «act 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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The Persians were defeated within one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta:e2:o1:1
# text = The Persians were defeated within one hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Persians	Persian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past · passive |  | the Persians |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The battle was fought at sea near Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta:e2:o2:1
# text = The battle was fought at sea near Troy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	battle	battle	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	fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past · passive |  | the battle |  | sea |  | near Troy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

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

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The Spartans were accompanied by several thousand other Greeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta:e2:o3:1
# text = The Spartans were accompanied by several thousand other Greeks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spartans	Spartan	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | past · passive | thousand other Greeks | the Spartans |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Exactly three hundred combatants took part on the Greek side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta:e2:o4:1
# text = Exactly three hundred combatants took part on the Greek side
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	combatants	combatant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | hundred combatants | part |  | the Greek side |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Theme on side=Destination |

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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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