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# Exam question 4 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the defeat of the Spanish Armada in fifteen hundred and eighty-eight.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, defeat · **To what, where:** response, defeat, fifteen hundred, Spanish Armada

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the defeat of the Spanish Armada in fifteen hundred and eighty-eight.
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	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Armada	Armada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	_
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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* | the defeat of the Spanish Armada |  | fifteen hundred |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus defeat=Experiencer |
| 4 | **defeat** |  |  | the Spanish Armada |  |  |  |  | nom defeat «event 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 {#o1}

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The Armada was victorious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e4:o1:1
# text = The Armada was victorious
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Armada	Armada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	victorious	victorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Armada |  |  |  |  | victorious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was effected by the Ottoman fleet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e4:o2:1
# text = It was effected by the Ottoman fleet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	effected	affect	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	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | past · passive | the Ottoman fleet | It |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was effected by the English navy together with adverse weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e4:o3:1
# text = It was effected by the English navy together with adverse weather
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	effected	affect	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	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	navy	navy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	adverse	adverse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | past · passive | the English navy | It |  |  |  | with adverse weather; together *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No engagement took place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:e4:o4:1
# text = No engagement took place
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | no engagement | place |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

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