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Test 1 · ★ · Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires

In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. What is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Persians · What happens: look, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» 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: In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
4	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 film	flat
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Persians	det
6	Persians	Persian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 look	nsubj
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 monsters	case
9	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the Persians					like monsters; in the film	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in film=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.

Sentence 2: What is closer to the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to the truth; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They had no empire at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 empire	det
4	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 had	obl

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Their empire was well organised and fairly tolerant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 empire	nmod:poss
2	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 organised	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 organised	aux:pass
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 organised	advmod
5	organised	organise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tolerant	cc
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	8 tolerant	advmod
8	tolerant	tolerant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 organised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	organise	past · passive		Their empire				well property	tree rules

Option 3

They were Vikings in disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 Vikings	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Vikings	cop
3	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 disguise	case
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Vikings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	Vikings		disguise			tree rules

Option 4

They really were giant monsters, just as the film shows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 monsters	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	5 monsters	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 monsters	cop
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monsters	amod
5	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shows	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	11 shows	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 shows	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 film	det
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shows	nsubj
11	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 monsters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	giant monsters					tree rules
2	show	present	the film						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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