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title: Ascertain the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864. — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864. Exam question 4 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

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Ascertain the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, first Geneva Convention · **What happens:** ascertain, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	Geneva	Geneva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Convention	Convention	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1864	1864	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of the first Geneva Convention of 1864 |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the first Geneva Convention of 1864 |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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The compilation of the Domesday Book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e4:o1:1
# text = The compilation of the Domesday Book
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	compilation	compilation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Domesday	Domesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compile** |  |  | the Domesday Book |  |  |  |  | nom compilation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The creation of the Metropolitan Police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e4:o2:1
# text = The creation of the Metropolitan Police
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Metropolitan	Metropolitan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Police	Police	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **create** |  |  | the Metropolitan Police |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The establishment of income tax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e4:o3:1
# text = The establishment of income tax
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	income	income	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** |  |  | income tax |  |  |  |  | nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The protection of wounded soldiers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:e4:o4:1
# text = The protection of wounded soldiers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** |  |  | wounded soldiers |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=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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