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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of surviving labourers subsequent to the plague? Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of surviving labourers subsequent to the plague?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** follow, characteris, survive · **To what, where:** condition, labourers

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of surviving labourers subsequent to the plague?
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	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	surviving	survive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	labourers	labourer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	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 condition |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **survive** | gerund | the condition *not said here* | labourers |  |  |  | subsequent *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme labourer=Circumstance |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Their scarcity enabled them to demand higher wages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e3:o1:1
# text = Their scarcity enabled them to demand higher wages
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	scarcity	scarcity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enabled	enable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | past | Their scarcity | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | higher wages |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wage=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were forbidden to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e3:o2:1
# text = They were forbidden to work
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Their wages were universally reduced by the lords and the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e3:o3:1
# text = Their wages were universally reduced by the lords and the king
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive | the lords and the king | Their wages |  |  |  | universally *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were all made knights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e3:o4:1
# text = They were all made knights
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | all *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary knight=Product |

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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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