--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Canada: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which Canada attained independence? Exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Canada: 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 ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/39-canada-a-short-story/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/) / [Canada: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/39-canada-a-short-story/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Canada: a short story Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which Canada attained independence? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Canada · **What happens:** follow, characteris, attain · **To what, where:** manner, independence This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Canada: 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/39-canada-a-short-story/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which Canada attained independence? 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 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 attained attain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 independence independence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 manner | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **attain** | past | Canada | independence | | the manner | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Theme | 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} Gradually and by peaceful means ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:e2:o1:1 # text = Gradually and by peaceful means 1 Gradually gradually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | by peaceful; gradually *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By purchase from France ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:e2:o2:1 # text = By purchase from France 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} By a single violent revolution ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:e2:o3:1 # text = By a single violent revolution 1 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} It has never attained independence ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:e2:o4:1 # text = It has never attained independence 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 attained attain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 independence independence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **attain** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary independence=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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