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Test 1 · ★ · Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks a…

Owen says the wheel was humanity's first invention. What would a museum guide say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Owen, museum guide · What happens: say, be · To what, where: first invention · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» 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: Owen says the wheel was humanity's first invention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 humanity	det
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 humanity	compound
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 humanity	cop
6	humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invention	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 humanity	case
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 invention	amod
9	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Owen	the wheel humanity's first invention					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent invention=Topic
2	is	past						's the wheel humanity	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.

Sentence 2: What would a museum guide say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guide	det
4	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guide	compound
5	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	a museum guide						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Yes, cavemen rolled stones everywhere before farming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 rolled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cavemen	caveman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rolled	nsubj
4	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rolled	obj
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 rolled	advmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 farming	mark
8	farming	farm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rolled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	cavemen	stones				everywhere property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Agent
2	farm	gerund	cavemen not said here						vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It came long after fire, boats, pots and farming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 came	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 fire	case
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boats	punct
7	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fire	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pots	punct
9	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fire	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 farming	cc
11	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fire	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	It				after fire and boats and pots and farming	long property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

No, the wheel came after cars and trains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wheel	det
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 cars	case
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 trains	cc
9	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cars	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the wheel				after cars and trains		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the wheel came even before people used fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wheel	det
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	even	even	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 used	mark
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	advcl
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the wheel						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	past	people	fire					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

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