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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the occupation of the greater number of Norse people? Exam question 3 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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 3 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the occupation of the greater number of Norse people?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the occupation of the greater number of Norse people?
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	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Norse	norse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 occupation of the greater number of Norse people |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **occupy** |  |  | the greater number of Norse people |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «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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Continual raiding by sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:e3:o1:1
# text = Continual raiding by sea
1	Continual	continual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	raiding	raiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Agriculture, fishing and commerce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:e3:o2:1
# text = Agriculture, fishing and commerce
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	commerce	commerce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The construction of pyramids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:e3:o3:1
# text = The construction of pyramids
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | pyramids |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Service in the Roman legions as paid soldiers abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:e3:o4:1
# text = Service in the Roman legions as paid soldiers abroad
1	Service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legions	legion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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