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# Exam question 2 · The United States: a short story

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of George Washington's departure from office after two terms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** follow, characteris, depart · **To what, where:** significance, office

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of George Washington's departure from office after two terms?
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	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	_
13	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
15	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 significance of George's departure from office |  |  | after two terms | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **depart** |  | George |  |  | office |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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It caused the dissolution of the United States into thirteen separate republics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e2:o1:1
# text = It caused the dissolution of the United States into thirteen separate republics
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	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	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	republics	republic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | It | the dissolution of the United States |  | thirteen separate republics |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition dissolution=Patient |
| 2 | **dissolve** |  |  | the United States |  |  |  |  | nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It restored British rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e2:o2:1
# text = It restored British rule
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | It | British rule |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It made him king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e2:o3:1
# text = It made him king
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | king | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary king=Product |

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

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It established a precedent against the indefinite retention of power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e2:o4:1
# text = It established a precedent against the indefinite retention of power
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	established	establish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	precedent	precedent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	indefinite	indefinite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | past | It | a precedent |  |  |  | against the indefinite retention of power | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedent=Patient |
| 2 | **retain** |  |  | power |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient |

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