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Test 5 · ★ · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew

A Russian peasant in 1800 wants to move to the city for work. What stops him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Russian peasant · What happens: want, move, stop · To what, where: city, peasant

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» 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: A Russian peasant in 1800 wants to move to the city for work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 peasant	det
2	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 peasant	amod
3	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1800	case
5	1800	1800	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 peasant	nmod
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 move	mark
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 city	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 work	case
13	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 city	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a Russian peasant in 1800						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	a Russian peasant in 1800 not said here			the city for work			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to city=Trajectory

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: What stops him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 stops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present		peasant					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

As a serf he is bound to the estate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 serf	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 serf	det
3	serf	serf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bound	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bound	aux:pass
6	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 serf	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 estate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 estate	det
9	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · passive		he				to the estate	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to estate=Co-Patient

Option 2

Nothing stops him at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Nothing	him = he		all			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality

Option 3

He needs a passport for Schengen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 passport	det
4	passport	passport	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 Schengen	case
6	Schengen	Schengen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 passport	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	He	a passport				for Schengen	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot passport=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cities did not exist in Russia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exist	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exist	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Russia	case
6	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past · do-support	Cities			Russia			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in russia=Location

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