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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present scholarly view of Marco Polo's account? Exam question 3 of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · China: the Song and the Mongols

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present scholarly view of Marco Polo's account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marco · **What happens:** follow, characteris, view, account · **To what, where:** present scholarly view, account

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» 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/55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present scholarly view of Marco Polo's account?
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	12	det	_	_
10	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	scholarly	scholarly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	Marco	Marco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	Polo	Polo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
17	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 present scholarly view of Marco's account |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **view** |  |  | Marco's account |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **account** |  | Marco |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Most historians accept that he went, his details corresponding to Chinese records

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e3:o1:1
# text = Most historians accept that he went, his details corresponding to Chinese records
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	accept	accept	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | present | Most historians | his details |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **correspond** | gerund | his details *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Chinese records | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **detail** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is universally held to be a fabrication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e3:o2:1
# text = It is universally held to be a fabrication
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | universally *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a fabrication |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is known to describe Japan rather than China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e3:o3:1
# text = It is known to describe Japan rather than China
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	9	cc	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive |  | Japan rather China |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent japan=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was composed in Chinese by Kublai Khan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e3:o4:1
# text = It was composed in Chinese by Kublai Khan
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Kublai	Kublai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | past · passive | Kublai | It |  | Chinese |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

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