Test 7 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…
Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s». What is alike?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: call, be · To what, where: 1750s · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lily | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Encyclopédie | det |
| 6 | Encyclopédie | Encyclopédie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | xcomp |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Wikipedia | punct |
| 8 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Encyclopédie | conj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 1750s | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 1750s | det |
| 11 | 1750s | 1750 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 4 calls | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 1750s | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Lily's mum | the 1750s | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from 1750=Source |
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 is alike?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 alike | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 alike | cop |
| 3 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 alike | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | alike property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both were written by machines, not by people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 written | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 written | aux:pass |
| 3 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 machines | case |
| 5 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 written | obl:agent |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 people | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 people | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 written | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | machines | Both | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
Both are carved on stone for the readers to visit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 carved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 carved | aux:pass |
| 3 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 stone | case |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carved | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 readers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 readers | det |
| 8 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carved | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 visit | mark |
| 10 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 carved | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | present · passive | Both | stone | for the readers | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination | |||
| 2 | visit | to-infinitive | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Both were banned by every king the moment they began
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 banned | aux:pass |
| 3 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banned | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 moment | det |
| 8 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banned | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 began | nsubj |
| 10 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 moment | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past · passive | every king | Both | moment | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | begin | past | they | the moment not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Both aim to share knowledge with ordinary readers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 aim | det |
| 2 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 share | mark |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 aim | acl |
| 5 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 readers | case |
| 7 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 readers | amod |
| 8 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | to-infinitive | knowledge | with ordinary readers | tree rules |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science/t7/