Test 2 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s… Diego's mate: "A few hundred Spaniards clapped the whole Aztec Empire, they were OP." ("OP" means overpowered; "clapped" means beat.) What's the fuller story?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Spaniards, OP, fuller story · What happens: clap, be, mean, overpower · To what, where: whole Aztec Empire, OP, beat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Diego's mate: "A few hundred Spaniards clapped the whole Aztec Empire, they were OP."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct det amod nummod nsubj det amod compound obj punct nsubj cop conj punct punct root Diego PROPN 's PART mate NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT A DET few ADJ hundred NUM Spaniards NOUN clapped VERB the DET whole ADJ Aztec PROPN Empire PROPN , PUNCT they PRON were AUX OP PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Diego Diego PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Diego case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 10 clapped nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 mate punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 clapped punct 6 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 Spaniards det 7 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 9 Spaniards amod 8 hundred hundred NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 Spaniards nummod 9 Spaniards spaniard NOUN Number=Plur 10 clapped nsubj 10 clapped clap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 Empire det 12 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 14 Empire amod 13 Aztec Aztec PROPN Number=Sing 14 Empire compound 14 Empire Empire PROPN Number=Sing 10 clapped obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 OP punct 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 OP nsubj 17 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 18 OP cop 18 OP OP PROPN Number=Sing 14 Empire conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 10 clapped punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 10 clapped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 clap in a quote past Diego's mate the whole Aztec Empire and OP vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location empire=Theme 2 is a in a quote past Spaniards = spaniard OP tree rules
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: ("OP" means overpowered; "clapped" means beat.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct parataxis obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT OP NOUN " PUNCT means VERB overpowered VERB ; PUNCT " PUNCT clapped VERB " PUNCT means VERB beat NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 OP punct 3 OP op NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 OP punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 overpowered overpower VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means xcomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 clapped punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 clapped punct 9 clapped clap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 clapped punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 12 beat beat NOUN Number=Sing 11 means obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present OP vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 overpower not said to happen participle OP not said here tree rules 3 clap in a quote past vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 mean present beat vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beat=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the fuller story?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fuller ADJ story NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 4 fuller full ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 story amod 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fuller story tree rules
The options Option 1 It was all the plan of the Aztec king
nsubj cop det:predet det case det compound nmod root It PRON was AUX all DET the DET plan NOUN of ADP the DET Aztec PROPN king NOUN 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 5 plan nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 plan cop 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 plan det:predet 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 plan det 5 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 king case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 king det 8 Aztec Aztec PROPN Number=Sing 9 king compound 9 king king NOUN Number=Sing 5 plan nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It all plan of the Aztec king tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Spanish swords were magic, so they really were OP, no allies or illness needed
The tree, 14 words amod nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj advmod cop parataxis punct det conj cc conj acl root Spanish ADJ swords NOUN were AUX magic ADJ , PUNCT so ADV they PRON really ADV were AUX OP NOUN , PUNCT no DET allies NOUN or CCONJ illness NOUN needed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spanish Spanish ADJ Degree=Pos 2 swords amod 2 swords sword NOUN Number=Plur 4 magic nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 magic cop 4 magic magic ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 OP punct 6 so so ADV _ 10 OP advmod 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 OP nsubj 8 really really ADV _ 10 OP advmod 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 OP cop 10 OP op NOUN Number=Sing 4 magic parataxis 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 allies punct 12 no no DET PronType=Neg 13 allies det 13 allies ally NOUN Number=Plur 10 OP conj 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 illness cc 15 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing 10 OP conj 16 needed need VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 OP acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Spanish swords magic property tree rules 2 is a past swords = sword OP and no allies or illness tree rules 3 need participle OP and no allies or illness not said here vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Tens of thousands of Indigenous allies and smallpox were a huge part
nsubj case nmod case amod nmod cc conj cop det amod root Tens NOUN of ADP thousands NOUN of ADP Indigenous ADJ allies NOUN and CCONJ smallpox NOUN were AUX a DET huge ADJ part NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tens ten NOUN Number=Plur 12 part nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 thousands case 3 thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur 1 Tens nmod 4 of of ADP _ 6 allies case 5 Indigenous indigenous ADJ Degree=Pos 6 allies amod 6 allies ally NOUN Number=Plur 3 thousands nmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 smallpox cc 8 smallpox smallpox NOUN Number=Sing 6 allies conj 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 part cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 part det 11 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 12 part amod 12 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Tens of thousands of Indigenous allies and smallpox a huge part tree rules
Option 4 The Aztecs had no soldiers at all
det nsubj det obj case obl root The DET Aztecs PROPN had VERB no DET soldiers NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Aztecs det 2 Aztecs Aztec PROPN Number=Plur 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 soldiers det 5 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 had obj 6 at at ADP _ 7 all case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 had obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the Aztecs no soldiers all vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient
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