--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The Industrial Revolution · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of James Watt? Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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 right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/30-the-industrial-revolution/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The Industrial Revolution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/30-the-industrial-revolution/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Industrial Revolution Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of James Watt? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, contribute · **To what, where:** contribution, James This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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/30-the-industrial-revolution/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of James Watt? 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 contribution contribution NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 Watt Watt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 contribution of James | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **contribute** | | | James | | | | | nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} He discovered electricity ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:e2:o1:1 # text = He discovered electricity 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | He | electricity | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} He constructed the first motor car ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:e2:o2:1 # text = He constructed the first motor car 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constructed construct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **construct** | past | He | the first motor car | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Result | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He substantially improved the existing steam engine ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:e2:o3:1 # text = He substantially improved the existing steam engine 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 substantially substantially ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 improved improve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 existing exist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 6 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **improve** | past | He | the existing steam engine | | | | substantially *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent engine=Patient | | 2 | **exist** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He invented the first steam engine upon observing a kettle ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:e2:o4:1 # text = He invented the first steam engine upon observing a kettle 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past | He | the first steam engine | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Result | | 2 | **observe** | gerund | the first steam engine *not said here* | a kettle | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kettle=Topic | **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. 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