Test 2 · How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline

Ethan's mate swears one caveman rubbed two sticks and boom, fire. Sus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, one caveman · What happens: swear, rub · To what, where: two sticks

This is test 2 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» 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: Ethan's mate swears one caveman rubbed two sticks and boom, fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ethan	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swears	nsubj
4	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 caveman	nummod
6	caveman	caveman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rubbed	nsubj
7	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swears	ccomp
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 sticks	nummod
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rubbed	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 boom	cc
11	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sticks	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fire	punct
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sticks	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	present	Ethan's mate						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	rub	past	one caveman	two sticks and boom and fire					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=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: Sus?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sus	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it's true, but it was a Roman, not a caveman

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Roman	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 Roman	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 Roman	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Roman	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Roman	det
11	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 caveman	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 caveman	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 caveman	det
15	caveman	caveman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules
2	is	past	it					roman property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, many groups slowly learned to keep and use fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 many	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 groups	amod
4	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 learned	nsubj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 learned	advmod
6	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 learned	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 use	cc
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 keep	conj
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	learn	past	many groups		slowly property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	to-infinitive	many groups not said here			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	use	infinitive	many groups not said here	fire		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

Option 3

Yes, coz fire was really invented by the first farmers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 invented	punct
3	coz	because	SCONJ	_	7 invented	mark
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invented	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 invented	aux:pass
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 invented	advmod
7	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 farmers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmers	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 farmers	amod
11	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 invented	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive	the first farmers	fire					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 4

No, legit, his name is written down in old books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 legit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 legit	punct
3	legit	legit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 written	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 legit	punct
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 written	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 written	aux:pass
8	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 written	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 books	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 books	amod
12	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	present · passive		legit		old books			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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