--- title: It is given that the persons condemned at Salem in the year 1692 wer… — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the persons condemned at Salem in the year 1692 were put to death. Ascertain the manner in which nineteen of them were executed. 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Ascertain the manner in which nineteen of them were executed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** persons, you · **What happens:** give, condemn, put, ascertain, execute · **To what, where:** It, Salem, manner, nineteen This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the persons condemned at Salem in the year 1692 were put to death. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:1 # text = It is given that the persons condemned at Salem in the year 1692 were put to death. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 condemned condemn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Salem Salem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 1692 1692 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 flat _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **condemn** | past | the persons | | | Salem | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **put** | past · passive | the persons *not said here* | | | | year | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the manner in which nineteen of them were executed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the manner in which nineteen of them were executed. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic | | 2 | **execute** | past · passive | | nineteen of persons | | the manner | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} By burning ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:o1:1 # text = By burning 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By hanging ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:o2:1 # text = By hanging 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} By exile at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:o3:1 # text = By exile at sea 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By drowning ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:e4:o4:1 # text = By drowning 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 drowning drown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | gerund | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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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