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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the urban arrangements of the Indus civilisation? Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the urban arrangements of the Indus civilisation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, arrange · **To what, where:** urban arrangements, Indus civilisation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms» 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/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the urban arrangements of the Indus civilisation?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	urban	urban	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Indus	Indus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	civilisation	civilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | the urban arrangements of the Indus civilisation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrange** |  |  | the Indus civilisation |  |  |  |  | nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Towers of glass and iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:e2:o1:1
# text = Towers of glass and iron
1	Towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wooden huts disposed at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:e2:o2:1
# text = Wooden huts disposed at random
1	Wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | participle |  | Wooden huts *not said here* |  | random |  |  | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Streets laid out upon a grid, with standard bricks and covered drains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:e2:o3:1
# text = Streets laid out upon a grid, with standard bricks and covered drains
1	Streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grid	grid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay out** | participle |  | Streets and standard bricks and covered drains *not said here* |  | a grid |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon grid=Destination |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Circular streets without drainage of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:e2:o4:1
# text = Circular streets without drainage of any kind
1	Circular	circular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	drainage	drainage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom drainage «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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