Test 7 · ★ · Native peoples of North America

Why might the Haudenosaunee council be called wise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: call · To what, where: Haudenosaunee council · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 called	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 council	det
4	Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 council	compound
5	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 called	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	might · passive		the Haudenosaunee council				wise property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

It never met

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	3 met	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 met	advmod
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not meet	past	It						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It had the most weapons and the biggest army

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weapons	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 weapons	advmod
5	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 army	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 army	det
8	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 army	amod
9	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weapons	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	It	the weapons and the biggest army					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient

Option 3

It obeyed a king from Spain who sent them orders

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 obeyed	nsubj
2	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obeyed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Spain	case
6	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 obeyed	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sent	nsubj
8	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 obeyed	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sent	obj
10	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	It	a king		Spain			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
2	send	past		them = they					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination order=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It settled quarrels by talking, not fighting

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 settled	nsubj
2	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quarrels	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 settled	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 talking	mark
5	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 settled	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fighting	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 fighting	advmod
8	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 talking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	settle	past	It	quarrels	vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location
2	talk	gerund			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not fight	gerund			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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