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Test 7 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Mia: "My civ won a science victory, GG!" ("GG" means good game.) Her teacher: "Real history has no finish line." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, GG, teacher · What happens: win, mean, have · To what, where: science victory, good game, finish line

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Mia: "My civ won a science victory, GG!"

nsubjpunctpunctnmod:possnsubjdetcompoundobjpunctappospunctpunctrootMiaPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTMyPRONcivNOUNwonVERBaDETscienceNOUNvictoryNOUN,PUNCTGGPROPN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing6 wonnsubj
2::PUNCT_6 wonpunct
3""PUNCT_6 wonpunct
4MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 civnmod:poss
5civcivNOUNNumber=Sing6 wonnsubj
6wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 victorydet
8sciencescienceNOUNNumber=Sing9 victorycompound
9victoryvictoryNOUNNumber=Sing6 wonobj
10,,PUNCT_11 GGpunct
11GGGGPROPNNumber=Sing9 victoryappos
12!!PUNCT_11 GGpunct
13""PUNCT_6 wonpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1win in a quotepastMiaa science victoryvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Eventuality

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: ("GG" means good game.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctamodobjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTGGPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBgoodADJgameNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 GGpunct
3GGGGPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 GGpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6goodgoodADJDegree=Pos7 gameamod
7gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansobj
8..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentGGgood gamevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic

Sentence 3: Her teacher: "Real history has no finish line."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctamodnsubjdetcompoundobjpunctpunctrootHerPRONteacherNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTRealADJhistoryNOUNhasVERBnoDETfinishNOUNlineNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 teachernmod:poss
2teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing7 hasnsubj
3::PUNCT_7 haspunct
4""PUNCT_7 haspunct
5RealrealADJDegree=Pos6 historyamod
6historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing7 hasnsubj
7hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8nonoDETPronType=Neg10 linedet
9finishfinishNOUNNumber=Sing10 linecompound
10linelineNOUNNumber=Sing7 hasobj
11..PUNCT_7 haspunct
12""PUNCT_7 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1have in a quotepresentGG's teacherno finish linevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient

Sentence 4: What does she mean?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXshePRONmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 meanaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meannsubj
4meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportteachervn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

History ended in 1821

nsubjcaseoblrootHistoryNOUNendedVERBinADP1821NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HistoryhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing2 endednsubj
2endedendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_4 1821case
418211821NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 endedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpastHistory1821vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

History keeps going with no winner, and we are part of it

nsubjxcompcasedetoblpunctccnsubjcopconjcasenmodrootHistoryNOUNkeepsVERBgoingVERBwithADPnoDETwinnerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwePRONareAUXpartNOUNofADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HistoryhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing2 keepsnsubj
2keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3goinggoVERBVerbForm=Ger2 keepsxcomp
4withwithADP_6 winnercase
5nonoDETPronType=Neg6 winnerdet
6winnerwinnerNOUNNumber=Sing3 goingobl
7,,PUNCT_11 partpunct
8andandCCONJ_11 partcc
9wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs11 partnsubj
10arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 partcop
11partpartNOUNNumber=Sing2 keepsconj
12ofofADP_13 itcase
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 partnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentHistorytree rules
2gogerundHistory not said herewith no winnervn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with winner=Beneficiary
3is apresentwepartof Historytree rules

Option 3

Only scientists are part of history

advmodnsubjcopcasenmodrootOnlyADVscientistsNOUNareAUXpartNOUNofADPhistoryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_4 partadvmod
2scientistsscientistNOUNNumber=Plur4 partnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 partcop
4partpartNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_6 historycase
6historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing4 partnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentscientistspartof historytree rules

Option 4

The first country to build a spaceship wins, and then history stops

detamodnsubjmarkacldetnsubjccomppunctccadvmodnsubjrootTheDETfirstADJcountryNOUNtoPARTbuildVERBaDETspaceshipNOUNwinsVERB,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVhistoryNOUNstopsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 countrydet
2firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord3 countryamod
3countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing13 stopsnsubj
4totoPART_5 buildmark
5buildbuildVERBVerbForm=Inf3 countryacl
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 spaceshipdet
7spaceshipspaceshipNOUNNumber=Sing8 winsnsubj
8winswinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 buildccomp
9,,PUNCT_13 stopspunct
10andandCCONJ_13 stopscc
11thenthenADVPronType=Dem13 stopsadvmod
12historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing13 stopsnsubj
13stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildto-infinitivethe first country not said heretree rules
2winpresenta spaceshipvn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3stoppresentthe first countrythenvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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