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title: Ascertain the status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marb… — What was lost and what was gained: lan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles. Exam question 4 of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music…

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Ascertain the status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, respect · **To what, where:** status, Parthenon marbles

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» 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/77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Parthenon	Parthenon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 status of the dispute in respect of the Parthenon marbles |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the Parthenon marbles |  |  |  |  | nom respect «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It remains contested between Greece and the British Museum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained:e4:o1:1
# text = It remains contested between Greece and the British Museum
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	British	British	PROPN	NNP	_	9	compound	_	_
9	Museum	Museum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contest** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | between Greece and the British Museum | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No party has ever claimed the marbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained:e4:o2:1
# text = No party has ever claimed the marbles
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	claimed	claim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | no party |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The marbles were destroyed in the nineteenth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained:e4:o3:1
# text = The marbles were destroyed in the nineteenth century
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | the marbles |  |  | century |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was resolved by the full return of the marbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained:e4:o4:1
# text = It was resolved by the full return of the marbles
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	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past · passive | the full return of the marbles | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** |  | the marbles |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication 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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