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Test 4 · Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta

Two city-states argue a lot but a Persian army comes. What did the Greeks often do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two city states, Persian army, Greeks · What happens: argue, come, do · To what, where: lot

This is test 4 of lesson 11 «Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta» of the history 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: Two city-states argue a lot but a Persian army comes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 states	nummod
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 city	punct
4	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 argue	nsubj
5	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 argue	obl:unmarked
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 comes	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 army	det
10	Persian	persian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 army	amod
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 comes	nsubj
12	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 argue	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 argue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	Two city states	a lot					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	present	a Persian army						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 did the Greeks often do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Greeks	det
4	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	do	present	the Greeks					often property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Leave Greece for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 ever	case
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	Greece					vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent greece=Theme for ever=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Join together against the outside enemy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	together	together	ADV	_	1 Join	advmod
3	against	against	ADP	_	6 enemy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enemy	det
5	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 enemy	amod
6	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here					against the outside enemy; together property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Join the Persians at once and fight their neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Persians	det
3	Persians	Persian	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Join	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Join	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fight	cc
7	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neighbours	nmod:poss
9	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here	the Persians					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent persian=Patient
2	fight	present	you not said here	Persians's neighbours					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Co-Agent

Option 4

Ask Rome for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 help	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Rome			for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rome=Recipient

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