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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises military service for much of history? Exam question 3 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 eac
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# Exam question 3 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises military service for much of history?

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

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises military service for much of history?
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	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  | military service |  |  |  | of the following statements; for much of history; accurately *property* | 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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Many soldiers were agricultural workers serving between harvests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e3:o1:1
# text = Many soldiers were agricultural workers serving between harvests
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	harvests	harvest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Many soldiers | agricultural workers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **serve** | gerund | agricultural workers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between harvests | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All soldiers were full-time professionals from the earliest times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e3:o2:1
# text = All soldiers were full-time professionals from the earliest times
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	professionals	professional	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | all soldiers | time professionals |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Armies consisted chiefly of children under the age of twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e3:o3:1
# text = Armies consisted chiefly of children under the age of twelve
1	Armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consisted	consist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chiefly	chiefly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | past | Armies | chiefly of children |  |  | under the age of twelve |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Military service was entirely unknown before 1900

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e3:o4:1
# text = Military service was entirely unknown before 1900
1	Military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1900	1900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Military service |  |  |  | before 1900 | entirely, unknown *property* | tree rules |

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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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