--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Maya · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Maya calendar and the year 2012. Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The Maya» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/18-the-maya/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The Maya](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/18-the-maya/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Maya Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Maya calendar and the year 2012. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Maya calendar This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The Maya» 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/18-the-maya/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:e2:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Maya calendar and the year 2012. 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 12 det _ _ 11 Maya Maya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 2012 2012 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 Maya calendar and the year | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus calendar=Experiencer | 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} The end of the world was explicitly foretold ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:e2:o1:1 # text = The end of the world was explicitly foretold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 explicitly explicitly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **foretell** | past · passive | | the end of the world | | | | explicitly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The calendar was devised by the Spaniards ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:e2:o2:1 # text = The calendar was devised by the Spaniards 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar 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 devised devise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Spaniards Spaniard PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devise** | past · passive | the Spaniards | the calendar | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The calendar terminated in 1492 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:e2:o3:1 # text = The calendar terminated in 1492 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 terminated terminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1492 1492 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terminate** | participle | | the calendar *not said here* | | 1492 | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A long cycle concluded; no end of the world was predicted ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:e2:o4:1 # text = A long cycle concluded; no end of the world was predicted 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 predicted predict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | participle | | a long cycle *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **predict** | past · passive | | a long cycle | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | **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. 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