Test 7 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

the ottomans in EU are always huge, is that just the game being weird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ottomans, that · What happens: be

This is test 7 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ottomans	det
2	ottomans	ottoman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 huge	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 EU	case
4	EU	EU	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ottomans	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 huge	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 huge	advmod
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 weird	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 weird	cop
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 weird	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	15 weird	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 weird	nsubj
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 weird	cop
15	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 huge	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 huge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ottomans in EU					always, huge property	tree rules
2	is	present	that					weird property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, they really were one of the strongest states in the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 one	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 states	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 states	det
9	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 states	amod
10	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 states	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	they	one				of the strongest states in the world	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, they never existed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 existed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 existed	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 existed	advmod
5	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past	they						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, they were tiny in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 tiny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tiny	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tiny	cop
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tiny	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			real life		tiny property	tree rules

Option 4

No, they ruled America too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 ruled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ruled	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	4 ruled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	they	America					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent america=Result

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