--- title: Ascertain the number of member states of the United Nations at its f… — From band to nation: families, tribes,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the number of member states of the United Nations at its foundation in 1945. Exam question 4 of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/e4/) [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/) / [From band to nation: families, tribes,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a… Ascertain the number of member states of the United Nations at its foundation in 1945. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** number This is exam question 4 of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» 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/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the number of member states of the United Nations at its foundation in 1945. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 United United PROPN NNP _ 10 compound _ _ 10 Nations Nation PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 1945 1945 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of member states of the United Nations at number's foundation in 1945 | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | 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} One hundred and ninety-three ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e4:o1:1 # text = One hundred and ninety-three 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Three hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e4:o2:1 # text = Three hundred 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e4:o3:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fifty-one ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e4:o4:1 # text = Fifty-one 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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