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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises apprenticeship as practised for centuries? Exam question 3 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises apprenticeship as practised for centuries?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, practise · **To what, where:** apprenticeship

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» 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/64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises apprenticeship as practised for centuries?
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	apprenticeship	apprenticeship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	practised	practise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  | apprenticeship |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **practise** | participle |  |  |  |  | century |  | tree rules |

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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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A learner resided and laboured with a master craftsperson for some years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:e3:o1:1
# text = A learner resided and laboured with a master craftsperson for some years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	resided	reside	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	laboured	labour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	craftsperson	craftsperson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | participle |  | a learner *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **labour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a master craftsperson | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with craftsperson=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A learner was forbidden to practise any trade until the age of thirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:e3:o2:1
# text = A learner was forbidden to practise any trade until the age of thirty
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	until	until	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past · passive |  | a learner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **practise** | to-infinitive |  | any trade |  |  | until the age of thirty |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A learner attended university lectures delivered in Latin for some years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:e3:o3:1
# text = A learner attended university lectures delivered in Latin for some years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	attended	attend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lectures	lecture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deliver** | participle |  | attended university lectures *not said here* |  | Latin | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A learner consulted printed encyclopaedias in a public library

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:e3:o4:1
# text = A learner consulted printed encyclopaedias in a public library
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	encyclopaedias	encyclopaedia	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | participle | a learner *not said here* | printed encyclopaedias |  | a public library |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encyclopaedia=Theme |
| 2 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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