--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The First World War · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christmas truce of nineteen hundred and fourteen? Exam question 3 of lesson 33 «The First World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/33-the-first-world-war/e3/) [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 First World War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/33-the-first-world-war/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The First World War Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christmas truce of nineteen hundred and fourteen? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Christmas truce This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «The First World War» 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/33-the-first-world-war/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christmas truce of nineteen hundred and fourteen? 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 11 det _ _ 10 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 truce truce NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 compound _ _ 14 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? 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 Christmas truce of nineteen hundred | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} No such event is recorded ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:e3:o1:1 # text = No such event is recorded 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | present · passive | | no such event | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Soldiers of opposing armies ceased fighting locally and exchanged gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:e3:o2:1 # text = Soldiers of opposing armies ceased fighting locally and exchanged gifts 1 Soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 opposing oppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 obj _ _ 7 locally locally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 exchanged exchange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **cease** | past | Soldiers of opposing armies | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **fight** | gerund | | | | | | locally *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **exchange** | past | Soldiers of opposing armies *not said here* | gifts | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} All armies withdrew from France ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:e3:o3:1 # text = All armies withdrew from France 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 withdrew withdraw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **withdraw** | past | all armies | | | France | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from france=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The war was formally concluded ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:e3:o4:1 # text = The war was formally concluded 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 formally formally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | past · passive | | the war | | | | formally *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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