--- title: Ascertain the lesson most accurately drawn from the ending of German… — Rights won step by step: freedom, vote… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the lesson most accurately drawn from the ending of German democracy in 1933. Exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights/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/) / [Rights won step by step: freedom, vote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rig… Ascertain the lesson most accurately drawn from the ending of German democracy in 1933. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, draw, end · **To what, where:** lesson, German democracy This is exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights» 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/69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the lesson most accurately drawn from the ending of German democracy in 1933. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 democracy democracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 1933 1933 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lesson | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | the lesson *not said here* | | | | from the ending of German democracy in 1933; accurately *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from ending=Co-Patient | | 3 | **end** | | | German democracy in 1933 | | | | | nom ending «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} Rights are guaranteed in perpetuity ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:e4:o1:1 # text = Rights are guaranteed in perpetuity 1 Rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 guaranteed guarantee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 perpetuity perpetuity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guarantee** | present · passive | | Rights | | perpetuity | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Democracies cannot ever end ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:e4:o2:1 # text = Democracies cannot ever end 1 Democracies democracy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **end** | can | Democracies | | | | ever | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Elections are invariably unnecessary ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:e4:o3:1 # text = Elections are invariably unnecessary 1 Elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 unnecessary unnecessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Elections | | | | | invariably, unnecessary *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Rights and democratic institutions may be lost unless protected ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:69-rights-won-step-by-step-freedom-votes-and-children-s-rights:e4:o4:1 # text = Rights and democratic institutions may be lost unless protected 1 Rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 democratic democratic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 institutions institution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | may · passive | | Rights and democratic institutions | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **protect** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | **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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