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Test 6 · ★ · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

A sick traveller arrives in a medieval port that uses quarantine. What happens to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sick traveller, medieval port · What happens: arrive, use, happen · To what, where: medieval port, quarantine, port

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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: A sick traveller arrives in a medieval port that uses quarantine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 traveller	det
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 traveller	amod
3	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrives	nsubj
4	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 port	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 port	det
7	medieval	medieval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 port	amod
8	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrives	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 uses	nsubj
10	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 port	acl:relcl
11	quarantine	quarantine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 arrives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	a sick traveller			a medieval port			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	present	a medieval port	quarantine					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarantine=Patient

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 happens to him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happens	obl
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present			port				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is kept apart for some weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 weeks	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 weeks	det
7	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		He			week	apart property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He is given a free horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 3

He is made mayor of the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mayor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		He					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

He is sent to Rome at once to see the Pope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Rome	case
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pope	det
11	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive		He	Rome				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to rome=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive		the Pope					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pope=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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