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description: Identify the principal consequence for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066. Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language 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 2 · Where English came from

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Identify the principal consequence for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language 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/language/22-where-english-came-from/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal consequence for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Norman	Norman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Conquest	Conquest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1066	1066	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consequence |  |  |  | for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066 | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |

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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 adoption of French as the sole language of the populace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:e2:o1:1
# text = The adoption of French as the sole language of the populace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	populace	populace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The disappearance of all Germanic vocabulary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:e2:o2:1
# text = The disappearance of all Germanic vocabulary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	Germanic	germanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** |  | all Germanic vocabulary |  |  |  |  |  | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The incorporation of a very great number of French words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:e2:o3:1
# text = The incorporation of a very great number of French words
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	incorporation	incorporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incorporate** |  |  | a great number of French words |  |  |  |  | nom incorporation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The total prohibition and extinction of English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:e2:o4:1
# text = The total prohibition and extinction of English
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** |  |  | English |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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