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Test 5 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…

Grandma Rosa's grandmother worked on the farm from age seven. Why was that normal then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandmother · What happens: work, be

This is test 5 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» 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: Grandma Rosa's grandmother worked on the farm from age seven.

compoundnmod:posscasensubjcasedetoblcaseoblflatpunctrootGrandmaPROPNRosaPROPN'sPARTgrandmotherNOUNworkedVERBonADPtheDETfarmNOUNfromADPageNOUNsevenNUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandmaGrandmaPROPNNumber=Sing2 Rosacompound
2RosaRosaPROPNNumber=Sing4 grandmothernmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 Rosacase
4grandmothergrandmotherNOUNNumber=Sing5 workednsubj
5workedworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ononADP_8 farmcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 farmdet
8farmfarmNOUNNumber=Sing5 workedobl
9fromfromADP_10 agecase
10ageageNOUNNumber=Sing5 workedobl
11sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 ageflat
12..PUNCT_5 workedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1workpastGrandma Rosa's grandmotherfrom ageon the farmvn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=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: Why was that normal then?

advmodcopmarkadvmodpunctrootWhyADVwasAUXthatSCONJnormalADJthenADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 normaladvmod
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 normalcop
3thatthatSCONJ_4 normalmark
4normalnormalADJDegree=Posrootroot
5thenthenADVPronType=Dem4 normaladvmod
6??PUNCT_4 normalpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthennormal propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Children liked farm work more than they liked lessons

nsubjaclobjadvmodmarknsubjadvclobjrootChildrenNOUNlikedVERBfarmNOUNworkVERBmoreADVthanSCONJtheyPRONlikedVERBlessonsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChildrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 worknsubj
2likedlikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Childrenacl
3farmfarmNOUNNumber=Sing2 likedobj
4workworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5moremoreADVDegree=Cmp4 workadvmod
6thanthanSCONJ_8 likedmark
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs8 likednsubj
8likedlikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 workadvcl
9lessonslessonNOUNNumber=Plur8 likedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1likeparticipleChildren not said herefarmvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot farm=Theme
2workpresentChildrenvn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3likepastChildren = childlessonsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lesson=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Most children worked; school for all came only recently

amodnsubjpunctobjcaseadvmodadvcladvmodadvmodrootMostADJchildrenNOUNworkedVERB;PUNCTschoolNOUNforADPallDETcameVERBonlyADVrecentlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MostmostADJDegree=Sup2 childrenamod
2childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur3 workednsubj
3workedworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4;;PUNCT_5 schoolpunct
5schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing3 workedobj
6forforADP_7 allcase
7allallDETPronType=Tot8 cameadvmod
8camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 workedadvcl
9onlyonlyADV_10 recentlyadvmod
10recentlyrecentlyADV_8 cameadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1workpastMost childrenschoolvn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent school=Material
2comepastMost children not said hererecently propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Schools were banned for everyone, children and grown-ups alike

nsubjaux:passcaseoblpunctconjccamodpunctconjadvclrootSchoolsNOUNwereAUXbannedVERBforADPeveryonePRON,PUNCTchildrenNOUNandCCONJgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNalikeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SchoolsschoolNOUNNumber=Plur3 bannednsubj
2werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 bannedaux:pass
3bannedbanVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4forforADP_5 everyonecase
5everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 bannedobl
6,,PUNCT_7 childrenpunct
7childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur5 everyoneconj
8andandCCONJ_11 upscc
9growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 upsamod
10--PUNCT_9 grownpunct
11upsupNOUNNumber=Plur7 childrenconj
12alikealikeADJDegree=Pos3 bannedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1banpast · passiveSchoolsfor everyonevn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

There were no schools at all anywhere in the world then

expldetnsubjcaseconjamodcasedetnmodadvmodrootTherePRONwereVERBnoDETschoolsNOUNatADPallDETanywhereADVinADPtheDETworldNOUNthenADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 wereexpl
2werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 schoolsdet
4schoolsschoolNOUNNumber=Plur2 werensubj
5atatADP_6 allcase
6allallDETPronType=Tot4 schoolsconj
7anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind6 allamod
8ininADP_10 worldcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 worlddet
10worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing4 schoolsnmod
11thenthenADVPronType=Dem2 wereadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepastno schools in the worldtherethenvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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