Test 9 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…
In your strategy game, a university gives +1 tech. In real medieval Europe, what did universities mostly train?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: university · What happens: give, do · To what, where: +1 tech, strategy game, universities, real medieval Europe
This is test 9 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: In your strategy game, a university gives +1 tech.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 game | nmod:poss |
| 3 | strategy | strategy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 university | det |
| 7 | university | university | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | nsubj |
| 8 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | +1 | +1 | NUM | ExtPos=PROPN NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 tech | nummod |
| 10 | tech | tech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | a university | +1 tech | your strategy game | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tech=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: In real medieval Europe, what did universities mostly train?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Europe | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Europe | amod |
| 3 | medieval | medieval | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Europe | amod |
| 4 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | universities | university | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 did | obj |
| 9 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 10 train | advmod |
| 10 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | universities | real medieval Europe | train obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent university=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Plumbers, bakers and builders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plumbers | plumber | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bakers | punct |
| 3 | bakers | baker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Plumbers | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 builders | cc |
| 5 | builders | builder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Plumbers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Priests, lawyers and doctors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 lawyers | punct |
| 3 | lawyers | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Priests | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 doctors | cc |
| 5 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Priests | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Pilots and engineers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilots | pilot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 engineers | cc |
| 3 | engineers | engineer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pilots | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Footballers, actors and singers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Footballers | footballer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 actors | punct |
| 3 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Footballers | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 singers | cc |
| 5 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Footballers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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