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Test 2 · ★ · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news

In Europa Universalis the printing press spreads from province to province in a few decades. What was paper's real journey from China to Spain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: printing press · What happens: spread, be · To what, where: Europa, real journey, Spain, China

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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 the printing press spreads from province to province in a few decades.

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	7 spreads	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 press	det
5	printing	printing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 press	compound
6	press	press	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spreads	nsubj
7	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 province	case
9	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spreads	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 province	case
11	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spreads	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 decades	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 decades	det
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 decades	amod
15	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spreads	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 spreads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	the printing press			Europa	decade	from province; to province	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in europa=Location

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 was paper's real journey from China to Spain?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 journey	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 journey	cop
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 journey	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 paper	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 journey	amod
6	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 China	case
8	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 journey	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Spain	case
10	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 journey	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 journey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		paper's real journey	Spain	China			tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It never reached Spain at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reached	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 reached	advmod
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	past	It	Spain		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent spain=Theme at all=Asset

Option 2

A few weeks, carried by fast horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 weeks	det
2	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weeks	amod
3	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carried	punct
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 horses	case
7	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horses	amod
8	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle · passive	fast horses	a few weeks					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

About a thousand years, step by step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADV	_	3 thousand	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thousand	det
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 years	nummod
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 step	punct
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 years	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 step	case
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 step	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step		step						nom step «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 4

One day, by order of the Spanish king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 order	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 day	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order			the Spanish king					nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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