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Test 4 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Jaden's civ builds the pyramids in five turns with one click. His teacher: "Count again." What's the real story?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: civ, five, teacher, real story · What happens: build, turn, count, be · To what, where: pyramids

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Jaden's civ builds the pyramids in five turns with one click.

nmod:posscasensubjdetobjcasensubjparataxiscasenummodoblpunctrootJadenPROPN'sPARTcivNOUNbuildsVERBtheDETpyramidsNOUNinADPfiveNUMturnsVERBwithADPoneNUMclickNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JadenJadenPROPNNumber=Sing3 civnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Jadencase
3civcivNOUNNumber=Sing4 buildsnsubj
4buildsbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 pyramidsdet
6pyramidspyramidNOUNNumber=Plur4 buildsobj
7ininADP_8 fivecase
8fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 turnsnsubj
9turnsturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 buildsparataxis
10withwithADP_12 clickcase
11oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 clicknummod
12clickclickNOUNNumber=Sing9 turnsobl
13..PUNCT_4 buildspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpresentJaden's civthe pyramidsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pyramid=Product
2turnpresentfivewith one clickvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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: His teacher: "Count again."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctadvmodpunctpunctrootHisPRONteacherNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTCountVERBagainADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 teachernmod:poss
2teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing5 Countnsubj
3::PUNCT_5 Countpunct
4""PUNCT_5 Countpunct
5CountcountVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6againagainADV_5 Countadvmod
7..PUNCT_5 Countpunct
8""PUNCT_5 Countpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1count in a quoteinfinitivefive's teacheragainvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 3: What's the real story?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETrealADJstoryNOUN?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 storydet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 storyamod
5storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe real storytree rules

The options

Option 1

One pharaoh built it all by himself in a week, just like in the game

The tree, 15 words
nummodnsubjobjadvmodcaseoblcasedetoblpunctadvmodcasecasedetoblrootOneNUMpharaohNOUNbuiltVERBitPRONallADVbyADPhimselfPRONinADPaDETweekNOUN,PUNCTjustADVlikeADPinADPtheDETgameNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 pharaohnummod
2pharaohpharaohNOUNNumber=Sing3 builtnsubj
3builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 builtobj
5allallADV_7 himselfadvmod
6bybyADP_7 himselfcase
7himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes3 builtobl
8ininADP_10 weekcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 weekdet
10weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing3 builtobl
11,,PUNCT_13 likepunct
12justjustADV_13 likeadvmod
13likelikeADP_16 gamecase
14ininADP_16 gamecase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 gamedet
16gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing3 builtobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastOne pharaohitweekby pharaoh; like the gamevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2

It built itself from desert sand

nsubjobjcasecompoundoblrootItPRONbuiltVERBitselfPRONfromADPdesertNOUNsandNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 builtnsubj
2builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 builtobj
4fromfromADP_6 sandcase
5desertdesertNOUNNumber=Sing6 sandcompound
6sandsandNOUNNumber=Sing2 builtobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastItitself = itdesert sandvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset itself=Product from sand=Material

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

Thousands of workers built the Great Pyramid over many years

nsubjcasenmoddetamodobjcaseamodoblrootThousandsNOUNofADPworkersNOUNbuiltVERBtheDETGreatADJPyramidPROPNoverADPmanyADJyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThousandsthousandNOUNNumber=Plur4 builtnsubj
2ofofADP_3 workerscase
3workersworkerNOUNNumber=Plur1 Thousandsnmod
4builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Pyramiddet
6GreatgreatADJDegree=Pos7 Pyramidamod
7PyramidPyramidPROPNNumber=Sing4 builtobj
8overoverADP_10 yearscase
9manymanyADJDegree=Pos10 yearsamod
10yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur4 builtobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastThousands of workersthe Great Pyramidyearvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pyramid=Product

Option 4

Slaves from Rome built it

nsubjcasenmodobjrootSlavesNOUNfromADPRomePROPNbuiltVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SlavesslaveNOUNNumber=Plur4 builtnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Romecase
3RomeRomePROPNNumber=Sing1 Slavesnmod
4builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 builtobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastSlaves from Romeitvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=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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