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Test 1 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Leo's tech tree goes in a straight line. "So history had to go like that, it's literally scripted." What's the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tech tree, history, best reply · What happens: go, have, script, be · To what, where: straight line, history

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls» 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: Leo's tech tree goes in a straight line. "

nmod:posscasecompoundnsubjcasedetamodoblpunctpunctrootLeoPROPN'sPARTtechNOUNtreeNOUNgoesVERBinADPaDETstraightADJlineNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeoLeoPROPNNumber=Sing4 treenmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Leocase
3techtechNOUNNumber=Sing4 treecompound
4treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing5 goesnsubj
5goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ininADP_9 linecase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 linedet
8straightstraightADJDegree=Pos9 lineamod
9linelineNOUNNumber=Sing5 goesobl
10..PUNCT_5 goespunct
11""PUNCT_5 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentLeo's tech treea straight linevn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in line=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: So history had to go like that, it's literally scripted."

advmodnsubjmarkxcompcaseoblpunctnsubj:passauxadvmodadvclpunctpunctrootSoADVhistoryNOUNhadVERBtoPARTgoVERBlikeADPthatPRON,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXliterallyADVscriptedVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 hadadvmod
2historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing3 hadnsubj
3hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoPART_5 gomark
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf3 hadxcomp
6likelikeADP_7 thatcase
7thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem5 goobl
8,,PUNCT_12 scriptedpunct
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 scriptednsubj:pass
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 scriptedaux
11literallyliterallyADV_12 scriptedadvmod
12scriptedscriptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 goadvcl
13..PUNCT_3 hadpunct
14""PUNCT_3 hadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepasthistorytree rules
2goto-infinitivehistory not said herelike thatvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3scriptpresent · passivehistoryliterally propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What's the best reply?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETbestADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 replydet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 replyamod
5replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best replytree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, God made a tech tree for each country

discoursepunctnsubjdetcompoundobjcasedetoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTGodPROPNmadeVERBaDETtechNOUNtreeNOUNforADPeachDETcountryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 madediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing4 madensubj
4mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 treedet
6techtechNOUNNumber=Sing7 treecompound
7treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing4 madeobj
8forforADP_10 countrycase
9eacheachDETPronType=Tot10 countrydet
10countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing4 madeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastGoda tech treefor each countryvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent tree=Product for country=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; inventions depended on needs and luck, and some were even forgotten

discoursepunctnsubjcaseoblccconjpunctccnsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjrootNoINTJ;PUNCTinventionsNOUNdependedVERBonADPneedsNOUNandCCONJluckNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsomeDETwereAUXevenADVforgottenVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 dependeddiscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3inventionsinventionNOUNNumber=Plur4 dependednsubj
4dependeddependVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ononADP_6 needscase
6needsneedNOUNNumber=Plur4 dependedobl
7andandCCONJ_8 luckcc
8luckluckNOUNNumber=Sing6 needsconj
9,,PUNCT_14 forgottenpunct
10andandCCONJ_14 forgottencc
11somesomeDETPronType=Ind14 forgottennsubj:pass
12werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 forgottenaux:pass
13evenevenADV_14 forgottenadvmod
14forgottenforgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 dependedconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dependpastinventionson needs and luckvn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on need=Theme
2forgetpast · passivesometree rules

Option 3

No, because there were no inventions before 1800

discoursepunctmarkexpldetnsubjcaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJtherePRONwereVERBnoDETinventionsNOUNbeforeADP1800NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 werediscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 werepunct
3becausebecauseSCONJ_5 weremark
4theretherePRONPronType=Dem5 wereexpl
5werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6nonoDETPronType=Neg7 inventionsdet
7inventionsinventionNOUNNumber=Plur5 werensubj
8beforebeforeADP_9 1800case
918001800NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 wereobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepastno inventions1800; therevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before 1800=Location

Option 4

Yes, every country in the world got the same techs in exactly the same order

The tree, 15 words
discoursepunctdetnsubjcasedetnmoddetamodobjcaseadvmoddetamodoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTeveryDETcountryNOUNinADPtheDETworldNOUNgotVERBtheDETsameADJtechsNOUNinADPexactlyADVtheDETsameADJorderNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 countrydiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3everyeveryDETPronType=Tot4 countrydet
4countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing8 gotnsubj
5ininADP_7 worldcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 worlddet
7worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing4 countrynmod
8gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 techsdet
10samesameADJDegree=Pos11 techsamod
11techstechNOUNNumber=Plur8 gotobj
12ininADP_16 ordercase
13exactlyexactlyADV_16 orderadvmod
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 orderdet
15samesameADJDegree=Pos16 orderamod
16orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing8 gotobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpastevery country in the worldthe same techsthe same ordervn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tech=Stimulus

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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