Test 1 · ★★★ · The Aztecs and the Inca

a film shows a few hundred spaniards beating the whole aztec empire alone. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: film, few hundred spaniards · What happens: show, beat · To what, where: few hundred spaniards, whole aztec empire

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «The Aztecs and the Inca» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spaniards	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spaniards	amod
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 spaniards	nummod
7	spaniards	spaniard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
8	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 spaniards	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 empire	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 empire	amod
11	aztec	aztec	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 empire	compound
12	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beating	obj
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 beating	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a film	a few hundred spaniards					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent spaniard=Recipient
2	beat	gerund	a few hundred spaniards not said here	the whole aztec empire				alone property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location empire=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, alone with swords

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 alone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 swords	case
5	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 alone	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

No, the Inca beat them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 beat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Inca	det
4	Inca	Inca	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 beat	nsubj
5	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	present	the Inca	them = they					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 3

Yes, because the Aztecs had no army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 had	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Aztecs	det
5	Aztecs	Aztec	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the Aztecs	no army					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, tens of thousands of native allies and disease did most of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 did	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 thousands	case
5	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tens	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 allies	case
7	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 allies	amod
8	allies	ally	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thousands	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 disease	cc
10	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allies	conj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 did	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	tens of thousands of native allies and disease	most of disease					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality

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