Test 8 · ★★ · The Mongols
Two hundred years of paying tribute to the Mongols. Which lands did this happen to?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hundred years, this · What happens: pay, land, happen · To what, where: tribute
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 23 «The Mongols» 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 hundred years of paying tribute to the Mongols.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 paying | mark |
| 5 | paying | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 years | acl |
| 6 | tribute | tribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paying | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Mongols | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mongols | det |
| 9 | Mongols | Mongol | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 paying | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 years | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | gerund | hundred years not said here | tribute | to the Mongols | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset |
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: Which lands did this happen to?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 lands | nsubj |
| 2 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lands | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 happen | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | happen | past · do-support | this | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
England and Wales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Wales | cc |
| 3 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 England | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Australia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The lands of Rus, including around Kyiv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lands | det |
| 2 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Rus | case |
| 4 | Rus | Rus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lands | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 lands | punct |
| 6 | including | include | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 lands | acl |
| 7 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 Kyiv | case |
| 8 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 including | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | include | gerund | the lands of Rus not said here | Kyiv | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent around kyiv=Location |
Option 4
The Inca Empire, high in the mountains of Peru
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Empire | det |
| 2 | Inca | Inca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Empire | compound |
| 3 | Empire | Empire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 high | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Empire | punct |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mountains | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mountains | det |
| 8 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 high | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Peru | case |
| 10 | Peru | Peru | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 mountains | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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