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Test 12 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

Chidi's sister: "Germany gave back bronzes to Nigeria? Why's Germany got them, mate?" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Germany · What happens: give, be, get · To what, where: back bronzes, Nigeria, bronzes

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 76 «When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides» 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: Chidi's sister: "Germany gave back bronzes to Nigeria?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chidi	Chidi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Chidi	case
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct
6	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	nsubj
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bronzes	compound
9	bronzes	bronze	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gave	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Nigeria	case
11	Nigeria	Nigeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	past	Chidi's sister	back bronzes	Nigeria				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bronze=Theme to nigeria=Recipient

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: Why's Germany got them, mate?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 got	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mate	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						why property	tree rules
2	get	past	Germany	bronzes = bronze					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Nigeria sent them as a birthday present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nigeria	Nigeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 present	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 present	det
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	compound
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Nigeria	them = they				as a birthday present	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They were found on the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		They		the Moon			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

British soldiers took them from Benin in 1897 and they were sold to museums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 soldiers	amod
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 took	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Benin	case
6	Benin	Benin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1897	case
8	1897	1897	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 took	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sold	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sold	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sold	aux:pass
12	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 took	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 museums	case
14	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	British soldiers	them = they		Benin		in 1897	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from benin=Initial_Location
2	sell	past · passive		soldiers = soldier	museums				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to museum=Recipient

Option 4

Germany made them in a factory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 factory	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 factory	det
6	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Germany	them = they		a factory			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product

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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