Test 2 · ★ · Why some places grew rich

In Europa Universalis, Carlos piles up gold from his mines and his inflation shoots up. His dad says, "Lowkey, that's what happened to real Spain." ("Lowkey" means sort of, quietly.) Is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Carlos, inflation, dad, that, Lowkey · What happens: pile up, shoot up, inflate, say, be, happen · To what, where: gold, Europa, real Spain, sort · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» 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 Europa Universalis, Carlos piles up gold from his mines and his inflation shoots up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Europa	case
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 piles	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Europa	punct
5	Carlos	Carlos	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 piles	nsubj
6	piles	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 piles	compound:prt
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piles	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 mines	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mines	nmod:poss
11	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 piles	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shoots	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 inflation	nmod:poss
14	inflation	inflation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shoots	nsubj
15	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 piles	conj
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 shoots	compound:prt
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 piles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pile up	present	Carlos	gold	Europa	from Carlos's mines	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme in europa=Destination
2	shoot up	present	Carlos's inflation				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	inflate		Carlos				nom inflation «process transitive»: poss=agent

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: His dad says, "Lowkey, that's what happened to real Spain."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Lowkey	punct
6	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 happened	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 what	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 what	cop
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 Lowkey	conj
11	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Spain	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Spain	amod
14	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 happened	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Carlos's dad		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	that		tree rules
3	happen in a quote	past	Lowkey	real Spain	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: ("Lowkey" means sort of, quietly.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Lowkey	punct
3	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Lowkey	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 sort	fixed
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quietly	punct
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

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

Sentence 4: Is that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fair	nsubj
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, Spain never had any silver, only gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 had	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 silver	det
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gold	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 gold	advmod
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	past	Spain	any silver					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, a flood of American silver helped push prices up in Spain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 flood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flood	det
4	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 helped	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 silver	case
6	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 silver	amod
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flood	nmod
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helped	xcomp
10	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 push	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 push	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Spain	case
13	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	help	past	a flood of American silver			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	push up	infinitive	a flood of American silver not said here	prices	Spain	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent price=Theme in spain=Trajectory
3	flood		American silver			nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Yes, but only in the game, never in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 game	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 game	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 game	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 game	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 life	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 life	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 life	amod
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 game	conj

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

Option 4

No, more silver always makes everyone richer, so the game is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 silver	amod
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 makes	advmod
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 makes	obj
8	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wrong	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 wrong	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wrong	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wrong	cop
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 makes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	more silver	everyone				always, rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material everyone=Product
2	is	present	the game					wrong property	tree rules

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