Test 3 · ★ · Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires

If a law is written on a stone in the square, what can a judge no longer do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge · What happens: write, do · To what, where: law, stone, square

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 written	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 stone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 square	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 square	det
11	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 do	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 do	obj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 do	aux
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 judge	det
16	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 do	nsubj
17	no	no	ADV	_	18 longer	advmod
18	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 do	advmod
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 square	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		a law		a stone		in the square	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination
2	do	can	a judge	the square				long property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Make up a different rule on the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a different rule			day		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rule=Pivot

Option 2

Go to the square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 square	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 square	det
4	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			the square			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to square=Initial_Location

Option 3

Punish anyone at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Punish	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	anyone		all			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 4

Read the law out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	out	out	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read out	imperative	you not said here	the law				loud, out property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Topic

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