Test 8 · ★★★ · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

Why might a village in 1337 be shown under three different rulers in three different books?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: show · To what, where: village, three different rulers

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 shown	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shown	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 village	det
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shown	nsubj:pass
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1337	case
6	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 village	nmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 shown	aux:pass
8	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	under	under	ADP	_	12 rulers	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 rulers	nummod
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rulers	amod
12	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shown	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 books	case
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 books	nummod
15	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 books	amod
16	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rulers	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 shown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	might · passive		a village in 1337		three different rulers in three different books			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

Option 1

Only one ruler existed then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 ruler	nummod
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 existed	nsubj
4	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 existed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	past	one ruler				then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Books always lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lie	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 lie	advmod
3	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Books					always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It owed rent, tithes and taxes to a lord, a church and a king

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 owed	nsubj
2	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tithes	punct
5	tithes	tithe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rent	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 taxes	cc
7	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rent	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 lord	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lord	det
10	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 church	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 church	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lord	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 king	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lord	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	past	It	rent and tithes and taxes	a lord and a church and a king				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rent=Theme to lord=Goal

Option 4

Villages moved from one kingdom to another every year with their animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 kingdom	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 kingdom	nummod
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 another	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 moved	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl:unmarked
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 animals	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 animals	nmod:poss
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	Villages			one kingdom	year	to another; with Villages's animals	vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from kingdom=Initial_Location to another=Destination

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