Test 6 · The Silk Road
Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state. Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, Mongol Empire, you · What happens: start, think, be, put · To what, where: game, 1337, one giant state, Empire · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | nsubj |
| 2 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1337 | case |
| 6 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 starts | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 thinks | cc |
| 8 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 starts | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Empire | det |
| 10 | Mongol | Mongol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Empire | compound |
| 11 | Empire | Empire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 state | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 state | cop |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 state | advmod |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 state | nummod |
| 15 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 state | amod |
| 16 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thinks | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Leo | the game | 1337 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | Leo not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | the Mongol Empire | one giant state | still | tree rules |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Empire | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
The Mongols had all moved to Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mongols | det |
| 2 | Mongols | Mongol | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 moved | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 moved | advmod |
| 5 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Europe | case |
| 7 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · perfect | the Mongols | Europe | all property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to europe=Result |
Option 2
The Mongols had never existed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mongols | det |
| 2 | Mongols | Mongol | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 existed | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 existed | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 existed | advmod |
| 5 | existed | exist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not exist | past · perfect | the Mongols | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The empire had split into rival khanates, and the Ilkhanate was falling apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 empire | det |
| 2 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 split | aux |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 khanates | case |
| 6 | rival | rival | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 khanates | amod |
| 7 | khanates | khanate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 split | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 falling | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 falling | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Ilkhanate | det |
| 11 | Ilkhanate | Ilkhanate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 falling | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 falling | aux |
| 13 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 split | conj |
| 14 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 13 falling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past · perfect · passive | the empire | into rival khanates result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into khanate=Result | ||||
| 2 | fall apart | past · progressive | the Ilkhanate | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
One Mongol khan still ruled everything from Korea to Hungary from his capital at Karakorum
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 khan | nummod |
| 2 | Mongol | mongol | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 khan | amod |
| 3 | khan | khan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 ruled | advmod |
| 5 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 ruled | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 Korea | case |
| 8 | Korea | Korea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Hungary | case |
| 10 | Hungary | Hungary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 capital | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 capital | nmod:poss |
| 13 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | obl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 Karakorum | case |
| 15 | Karakorum | Karakorum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | One Mongol khan | everything | Hungary | Korea | still | from khan's capital; at Karakorum | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
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