--- title: Identify the grievance summarised by the phrase no taxation without… — The United States: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the grievance summarised by the phrase no taxation without representation. Exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The United States: 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-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/) / [The United States: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The United States: a short story Identify the grievance summarised by the phrase no taxation without representation. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, summarise · **To what, where:** grievance This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The United States: 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e1:1 # text = Identify the grievance summarised by the phrase no taxation without representation. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grievance grievance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 summarised summarise 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 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 taxation taxation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 without without ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grievance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent grievance=Theme | | 2 | **summarise** | participle | | the grievance *not said here* | | | | by the phrase | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Taxation of the colonists by France ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e1:o1:1 # text = Taxation of the colonists by France 1 Taxation taxation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colonists colonist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tax** | | | the colonists by France | | | | | nom taxation «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Taxation imposed by a Parliament in which the colonists had no voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e1:o2:1 # text = Taxation imposed by a Parliament in which the colonists had no voice 1 Taxation taxation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 imposed impose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl:agent _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 colonists colonist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | participle | Taxation *not said here* | | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | past | Taxation | no voice | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The absence of any taxation whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e1:o3:1 # text = The absence of any taxation whatsoever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 taxation taxation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absent** | | | any taxation | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The representation of the colonists in London by the chiefs of the Wampanoag ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e1:o4:1 # text = The representation of the colonists in London by the chiefs of the Wampanoag 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 colonists colonist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Wampanoag Wampanoag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **represent** | | the chiefs of the Wampanoag | the colonists in London | | | | | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent | **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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