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title: Ascertain the distinction first achieved by Marie Curie among the re… — The age of science · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the distinction first achieved by Marie Curie among the recipients of the Nobel Prize. Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The age of science» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · The age of science

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Ascertain the distinction first achieved by Marie Curie among the recipients of the Nobel Prize.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, achieve · **To what, where:** distinction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The age of science» 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/29-the-age-of-science/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the distinction first achieved by Marie Curie among the recipients of the Nobel Prize.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	achieved	achieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	Curie	Curie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	recipients	recipient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Prize	Prize	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 distinction |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic |
| 2 | **achieve** | participle |  | the distinction *not said here* |  |  |  | among the recipients of the Nobel Prize; first *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: 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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She was the first person born in France to receive it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:e4:o1:1
# text = She was the first person born in France to receive it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the first person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  | the first person *not said here* |  | France |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  | person |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She received the prize for literature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:e4:o2:1
# text = She received the prize for literature
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	received	receive	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	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | She | the prize |  |  |  | for literature | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was the first person to decline the prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:e4:o3:1
# text = She was the first person to decline the prize
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	decline	decline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the first person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decline** | to-infinitive |  | the prize |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

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

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She was the first person to receive two such prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:e4:o4:1
# text = She was the first person to receive two such prizes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the first person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  | two such prizes |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

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