Test 10 · ★ · Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust ea…
In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins. What did a real ruler's stamp do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mint building, stamp · What happens: get, stamp, do · To what, where: mint building, game, coins
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» 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 your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 game | nmod:poss |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 building | det |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 mint | punct |
| 8 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 building | compound |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 mint | punct |
| 10 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 stamps | nsubj |
| 12 | stamps | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 building | acl:relcl |
| 13 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 stamps | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | a mint building | your game | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer building=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | stamp | present | a mint building | coins | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent coin=Destination |
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 did a real ruler's stamp do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ruler | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ruler | amod |
| 5 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stamp | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 ruler | case |
| 7 | stamp | stamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | a real ruler's stamp | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
It turned the silver inside into pure gold
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 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 silver | det |
| 4 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turned | obj |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 2 turned | advmod |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 7 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gold | amod |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | It | the silver | pure gold | inside property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent silver=Theme into gold=Trajectory |
Option 2
It made the coin worth nothing at all
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nothing | amod |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 made | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | It | the coin | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset coin=Beneficiary nothing=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It promised the coin's weight to traders
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 promised | nsubj |
| 2 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 weight | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 coin | case |
| 6 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promised | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 traders | case |
| 8 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 promised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | It | the coin's weight | to traders goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent weight=Theme to trader=Goal |
Option 4
It made the coin magic in the king's eyes
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 magic | det |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 magic | compound |
| 5 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 king | case |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | It | the coin magic | the king's eyes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material magic=Product |
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