Test 5 · ★ · Why some places grew rich

Mei: "China and India were the richest in the old days, my teacher said." Her mate: "Cap!" ("Cap" means a lie.) Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, teacher, Cap · What happens: be, say, mean · To what, where: lie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Mei: "China and India were the richest in the old days, my teacher said."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 richest	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 China	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 China	punct
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mei	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 India	cc
6	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mei	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 richest	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 richest	det
9	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 days	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 days	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 days	amod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 said	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 days	punct
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 teacher	nmod:poss
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 richest	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 richest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Mei China and India					rich property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my teacher				day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: Her mate: "Cap!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Cap	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Cap	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Cap	punct
5	Cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Cap	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Cap	punct

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

Sentence 3: ("Cap" means a lie.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Cap	punct
3	Cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Cap	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lie	det
7	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

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

Sentence 4: Who's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Her mate: Europe was always the richest part of the world, by every estimate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Europe	punct
4	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mate	appos
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 part	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 part	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 estimate	punct
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 estimate	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 estimate	det
16	estimate	estimate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Her mate	the richest part and every estimate				of the world; always property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Mei: by some estimates they made about half the world's goods around 1700

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 estimates	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 estimates	det
5	estimates	estimate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADV	_	9 half	advmod
9	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	13 goods	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goods	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 world	case
13	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 made	obj
14	around	around	ADP	_	15 1700	case
15	1700	1700	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Mei	the world's goods		1700		by some estimates	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Product

Option 3

Nobody can ever know anything about the past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 know	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 know	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 past	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 past	det
8	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	can	Nobody	anything			ever	about the past	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 4

Neither: Africa made nearly everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 Africa	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 everything	advmod
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	neither Africa	everything					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Product

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