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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Black Death and the end of the Mid… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year fourteen hundred and fifty-three. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year fourteen hundred and fifty-three.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, fourteen hundred

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year fourteen hundred and fifty-three.
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	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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* | fourteen hundred |  |  | year |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e4:o1:1
# text = Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks
1	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Turks	Turk	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | past · passive | the Ottoman Turks | Constantinople |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Black Death first arrived in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e4:o2:1
# text = The Black Death first arrived in Europe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the Black Death |  |  | Europe |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Magna Carta was sealed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e4:o3:1
# text = Magna Carta was sealed
1	Magna	Magna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	Carta	Carta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | past · passive |  | Magna |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Columbus reached the Caribbean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:e4:o4:1
# text = Columbus reached the Caribbean
1	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | Columbus | the Caribbean |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent caribbean=Theme |

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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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