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title: Ascertain the principal grievance articulated by Martin Luther in fi… — Printing, the Renaissance and the Refo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal grievance articulated by Martin Luther in fifteen hundred and seventeen. Exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

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Ascertain the principal grievance articulated by Martin Luther in fifteen hundred and seventeen.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, articulate · **To what, where:** principal grievance, fifteen hundred

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the principal grievance articulated by Martin Luther in fifteen hundred and seventeen.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grievance	grievance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	articulated	articulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	Luther	Luther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal grievance |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grievance=Topic |
| 2 | **articulate** *speech: other* | participle |  | the principal grievance *not said here* |  | fifteen hundred |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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The invasion of England by Spain and Portugal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e3:o1:1
# text = The invasion of England by Spain and Portugal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invade** |  | Spain and Portugal | England |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The building of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e3:o2:1
# text = The building of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Sistine	Sistine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Chapel	Chapel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The taxation of tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e3:o3:1
# text = The taxation of tea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tax** |  |  | tea |  |  |  |  | nom taxation «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The sale of forgiveness by the Church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e3:o4:1
# text = The sale of forgiveness by the Church
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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