Test 11 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

mate says Mongols only smashed stuff, built nothing. Fair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, build · To what, where: Mongols · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and 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: mate says Mongols only smashed stuff, built nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 stuff	advmod
5	smashed	smashed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stuff	amod
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Mongols	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nothing	punct
8	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 nothing	amod
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 Mongols	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mate	Mongols smashed stuff					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mongol=Topic
2	build	participle							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fair	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, they also kept trade safe and ran a postal system, though conquest was cruel

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kept	nsubj
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obj
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 system	det
11	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 system	amod
12	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ran	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cruel	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 cruel	mark
15	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cruel	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 cruel	cop
17	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	they	trade	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Theme
2	run	past	they not said here	a postal system		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme system=Trajectory
3	is	past	conquest		cruel property	tree rules

Option 2

No, they were always gentle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gentle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gentle	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gentle	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 gentle	advmod
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3

No, they invented the internet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 invented	nsubj
4	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 internet	det
6	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	they	the internet					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent internet=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they did nothing else at all but burn, smash and rob every town they ever took

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 smash	aux
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 did	obj
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 nothing	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 did	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 burn	cc
10	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 all	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 smash	punct
12	smash	smash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rob	cc
14	rob	rob	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 smash	conj
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 town	det
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rob	obj
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	nsubj
18	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 took	advmod
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 town	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	burn	infinitive				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smash	past · do-support				vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	rob	infinitive		every town		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Source
4	take	past	they	every town not said here	ever	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme

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