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Test 6 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

Lucía's mate: "Money you can eat? Bussin'." ("Bussin'" means really tasty.) What did the Aztecs really do with cacao?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Bussin, Aztecs · What happens: eat, mean, do · To what, where: Money

This is test 6 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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: Lucía's mate: "Money you can eat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucía	Lucía	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lucía	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Money	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Money	punct
6	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mate	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 eat	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 eat	aux
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Money	acl:relcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat in a quote	can	you	Money not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

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: Bussin'."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Bussin	case
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Bussin	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Bussin	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: ("Bussin'" means really tasty.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
3	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 tasty	advmod
8	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bussin					tasty property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What did the Aztecs really do with cacao?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Aztecs	det
4	Aztecs	Aztec	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 cacao	case
8	cacao	cacao	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	do	present	the Aztecs					with cacao	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Ate sweet milk chocolate bars every single day, like we do now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bars	amod
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chocolate	compound
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bars	compound
5	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ate	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ate	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
10	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 do	mark
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ate	conj
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past		sweet chocolate bars			day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	do	present	we				now		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Burned the beans as fuel to keep their houses and temples warm at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beans	det
3	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Burned	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 fuel	case
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burned	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Burned	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 houses	nmod:poss
9	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 warm	cc
11	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 warm	nsubj
12	warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Burned	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 warm	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past		the beans				as fuel	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bean=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive		beans's houses					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	warm	present	temples				night		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Used beans as money and drank chocolate, often bitter and spicy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 bitter	advcl
2	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Used	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Used	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drank	cc
6	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Used	conj
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drank	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bitter	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 bitter	advmod
10	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spicy	cc
12	spicy	spicy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bitter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		beans				as money	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bean=Duration as money=Attribute
2	drink	past		chocolate					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient

Option 4

Fed the beans only to their horses and cattle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beans	det
3	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fed	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 horses	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horses	nmod:poss
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cattle	cc
9	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 horses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past		the beans	beans's horses and cattle				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bean=Theme to horse=Recipient

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