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title: Ascertain the persons excluded from voting in the assembly of Athens. — Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympic… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the persons excluded from voting in the assembly of Athens. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Exam question 4 · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

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Ascertain the persons excluded from voting in the assembly of Athens.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, persons · **What happens:** ascertain, exclude · **To what, where:** voting

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» 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/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the persons excluded from voting in the assembly of Athens.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	_	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **exclude** | past | the persons |  |  | voting |  | in the assembly of Athens | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from voting=Eventuality |

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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 wealthy citizens alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:e4:o1:1
# text = The wealthy citizens alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Women, the enslaved and foreigners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:e4:o2:1
# text = Women, the enslaved and foreigners
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
6	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Men born of Athenian parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:e4:o3:1
# text = Men born of Athenian parents
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | Men *not said here* |  |  |  | of Athenian parents | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Citizens of advanced age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:e4:o4:1
# text = Citizens of advanced age
1	Citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	advanced	advanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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