--- title: Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Car… — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen. Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/e1/) [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/) / [Britain and Ireland: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Britain and Ireland: a short story Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, establish, know · **To what, where:** principle, charter, twelve hundred This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» 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/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:e1:1 # text = Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principle principle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 charter charter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Magna Magna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 Carta Carta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 compound _ _ 14 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principle | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | the principle *not said here* | | | | by the charter | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **know** | participle | | the charter *not said here* | | twelve hundred | | as Magna | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as magna=Attribute | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} That the sovereign is likewise subject to the law ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:e1:o1:1 # text = That the sovereign is likewise subject to the law 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 subject subject ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that sovereign | | | | | to the law; likewise, subject *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} That the sovereign is above all law and answerable to no court ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:e1:o2:1 # text = That the sovereign is above all law and answerable to no court 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 above above ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 answerable answerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that sovereign | | | all law | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | that sovereign *not said here* | | | | | to no court | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} That Parliament shall be abolished ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:e1:o3:1 # text = That Parliament shall be abolished 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 abolished abolish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abolish** | shall · passive | | that Parliament | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} That Ireland shall be independent ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:e1:o4:1 # text = That Ireland shall be independent 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | that Ireland | | | | | independent *property* | tree rules | **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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