--- title: Identify the true agent responsible for the pestilence known as the… — The Black Death and the end of the Mid… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the true agent responsible for the pestilence known as the Black Death. Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages/e1/) [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 Black Death and the end of the Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages Identify the true agent responsible for the pestilence known as the Black Death. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, know · **To what, where:** true agent, pestilence This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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/24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e1:1 # text = Identify the true agent responsible for the pestilence known as the Black Death. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the true agent | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | participle | | the pestilence *not said here* | | | | as the Black Death | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as death=Attribute | 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 {#o1} Corrupted air arising from the swamps, graveyards and sewers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e1:o1:1 # text = Corrupted air arising from the swamps, graveyards and sewers 1 Corrupted corrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 arising arise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 swamps swamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 graveyards graveyard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sewers sewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **corrupt** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **arise** | gerund | Corrupted air *not said here* | | | the swamps and graveyards and sewers | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} An unfavourable alignment of the planets ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e1:o2:1 # text = An unfavourable alignment of the planets 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unfavourable unfavourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 alignment alignment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 planets planet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A germ conveyed by fleas upon rats and other animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e1:o3:1 # text = A germ conveyed by fleas upon rats and other animals 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 germ germ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fleas flea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | participle | | a germ *not said here* | | | | by fleas; upon rats and other animals | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The consumption of spoiled grain alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e1:o4:1 # text = The consumption of spoiled grain alone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 consumption consumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **consume** | | | spoiled grain | | | | | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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