Test 6 · ★ · Why some places grew rich

Tom's mate says factories started in Britain because "Brits are just built different, innit." What's fairer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, factories · What happens: say, start, build, be · To what, where: Britain, Brits · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Tom's mate says factories started in Britain because "Brits are just built different, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Tom	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 started	nsubj
6	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Britain	case
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 started	obl
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 built	mark
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 built	punct
11	Brits	brit	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 built	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 built	aux:pass
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 built	advmod
14	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 started	advcl
15	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 built	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
17	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 built	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tom's mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	start	past	factories		Britain		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	build in a quote	present · passive		Brits		innit obl; different property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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's fairer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fairer	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fairer	cop
3	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fairer	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Factories started in Britain by pure luck alone, and nobody can say more than that

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Britain	case
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 started	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 luck	case
6	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 started	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 started	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 say	cc
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 say	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 say	aux
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 started	parataxis
14	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 say	obj
15	than	than	ADP	_	16 that	case
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	Factories			Britain		by pure luck; alone property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	can	nobody	more					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Historians point to coal, wages, inventors and trade money, and still argue

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 point	nsubj
2	point	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 coal	mark
4	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wages	punct
6	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coal	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 inventors	punct
8	inventors	inventor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wages	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 money	cc
10	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 money	compound
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wages	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 argue	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 argue	cc
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 argue	advmod
15	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 point	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	Historians	coal and wages and inventors and trade money					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Patient
2	argue speech: disagree	present					still		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Factories started in China in 1700

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 China	case
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 started	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1700	case
6	1700	1700	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 started	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	Factories			China		in 1700	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

British people are born cleverer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	cleverer	clever	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 born	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		British people				clever property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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