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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the window tax in England. Exam question 2 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the window tax in England.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, window tax, England

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» 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/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the window tax in England.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the window tax |  | England |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tax=Experiencer |

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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 was introduced by the Romans and abolished by William the Conqueror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e2:o1:1
# text = It was introduced by the Romans and abolished by William the Conqueror
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	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past · passive | the Romans | It |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **abolish** | participle | the Romans *not said here* | the Conqueror |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conqueror=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It was levied from 1696 to 1851 and led some owners to brick up windows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e2:o2:1
# text = It was levied from 1696 to 1851 and led some owners to brick up windows
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	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1696	1696	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1851	1851	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
15	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy up** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1696 to 1851 |  | windows *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | past |  | some owners |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was a tax upon glass bottles and drinking vessels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e2:o3:1
# text = It was a tax upon glass bottles and drinking vessels
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a tax |  |  |  | upon glass bottles and drinking vessels | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It encouraged owners to add more windows to their houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e2:o4:1
# text = It encouraged owners to add more windows to their houses
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	encouraged	encourage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | past | It | owners |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | owners *not said here* | more windows |  |  |  | to windows's houses | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent window=Patient to house=Co-Patient |

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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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