Test 5 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

Hana, proud as punch: "We were never colonised, we beat Italy at Adwa, 1896!" What's the most exact version?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, exact version · What happens: not colonis, beat, be · To what, where: We, Italy, Adwa

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Hana, proud as punch: "We were never colonised, we beat Italy at Adwa, 1896!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hana	Hana	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 proud	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 proud	punct
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 punch	case
5	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proud	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 colonised	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 colonised	punct
8	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 colonised	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 colonised	aux:pass
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 colonised	advmod
11	colonised	colonis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 proud	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 beat	punct
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 beat	nsubj
14	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 colonised	advcl
15	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 beat	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 Adwa	case
17	Adwa	Adwa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 beat	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 1896	punct
19	1896	1896	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 Adwa	appos
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 proud	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 proud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not colonis in a quote	past · passive		We					tree rules
2	beat in a quote	present	we	Italy		Adwa			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location italy=Theme

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 the most exact version?

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	6 version	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 exact	advmod
5	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 version	amod
6	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the exact version						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Ethiopia won at Adwa and stayed free, though Italy occupied it 1936–1941

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 Adwa	case
4	Adwa	Adwa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stayed	cc
6	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 won	conj
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stayed	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 occupied	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 occupied	mark
10	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 occupied	nsubj
11	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 won	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 occupied	obj
13	1936	1936	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 occupied	obj
14	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	15 1941	case
15	1941	1941	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 1936	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	win	past	Ethiopia		Adwa		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at adwa=Eventuality
2	stay	past	Ethiopia not said here			free property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	occupy	past	Italy	it			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer 1936=Result

Option 2

Ethiopia went on to conquer Italy in 1896

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 conquer	mark
5	conquer	conquer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	xcomp
6	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 conquer	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1896	case
8	1896	1896	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 conquer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	past	Ethiopia						vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	conquer	to-infinitive	Ethiopia not said here	Italy		1896			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent italy=Patient

Option 3

Adwa is a city in Italy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adwa	Adwa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 city	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 city	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 city	det
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Italy	case
6	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Adwa	a city		Italy			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ethiopia was never even attacked by Italy or by any other country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 attacked	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 attacked	advmod
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 attacked	advmod
5	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Italy	case
7	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attacked	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 Italy	cc
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 country	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 country	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 country	amod
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not attack	past · passive	Italy	Ethiopia				by any other country	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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