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Test 8 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

Leo picks "England" and paints the map red. His teacher: "Real empires were mixed." Which example shows it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, example · What happens: pick, paint, mix, show · To what, where: England, map, teacher

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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 picks "England" and paints the map red.

nsubjpunctobjpunctccconjdetobjxcomppunctrootLeoPROPNpicksVERB"PUNCTEnglandPROPN"PUNCTandCCONJpaintsVERBtheDETmapNOUNredADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeoLeoPROPNNumber=Sing2 picksnsubj
2pickspickVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3""PUNCT_4 Englandpunct
4EnglandEnglandPROPNNumber=Sing2 picksobj
5""PUNCT_4 Englandpunct
6andandCCONJ_7 paintscc
7paintspaintVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 picksconj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 mapdet
9mapmapNOUNNumber=Sing7 paintsobj
10redredADJDegree=Pos7 paintsxcomp
11..PUNCT_2 pickspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pickpresentLeoEnglandvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent england=Patient
2paintpresentLeo not said herethe mapred propertyvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent map=Destination

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: "Real empires were mixed."

nmod:possnsubj:outerpunctpunctamodnsubj:passaux:passpunctpunctrootHisPRONteacherNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTRealADJempiresNOUNwereAUXmixedVERB.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=Sing8 mixednsubj:outer
3::PUNCT_8 mixedpunct
4""PUNCT_8 mixedpunct
5RealrealADJDegree=Pos6 empiresamod
6empiresempireNOUNNumber=Plur8 mixednsubj:pass
7werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 mixedaux:pass
8mixedmixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9..PUNCT_8 mixedpunct
10""PUNCT_8 mixedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mix in a quotepast · passiveLeo's teachervn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 3: Which example shows it?

detnsubjobjpunctrootWhichDETexampleNOUNshowsVERBitPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 exampledet
2exampleexampleNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 showsobj
5??PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentwhich exampleteachervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Ottoman Empire had one language only, and everyone spoke Turkish

detcompoundnsubjnummodobjadvmodpunctccnsubjparataxisobjrootTheDETOttomanPROPNEmpirePROPNhadVERBoneNUMlanguageNOUNonlyADV,PUNCTandCCONJeveryonePRONspokeVERBTurkishPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Empiredet
2OttomanOttomanPROPNNumber=Sing3 Empirecompound
3EmpireEmpirePROPNNumber=Sing4 hadnsubj
4hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 languagenummod
6languagelanguageNOUNNumber=Sing4 hadobj
7onlyonlyADV_4 hadadvmod
8,,PUNCT_11 spokepunct
9andandCCONJ_11 spokecc
10everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot11 spokensubj
11spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 hadparataxis
12TurkishTurkishPROPNNumber=Sing11 spokeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastthe Ottoman Empireone languagevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient
2speak speech: otherpasteveryoneTurkishtree rules

Option 2

Empires never had more than one town

nsubjadvmodadvmodfixednummodobjrootEmpiresNOUNneverADVhadVERBmoreADJthanADPoneNUMtownNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EmpiresempireNOUNNumber=Plur3 hadnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 hadadvmod
3hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV6 oneadvmod
5thanthanADP_4 morefixed
6oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 townnummod
7towntownNOUNNumber=Sing3 hadobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not havepastEmpiresone townvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Patient

Option 3

England has always been one colour

nsubjauxadvmodnummodnsubjrootEnglandPROPNhasAUXalwaysADVbeenVERBoneNUMcolourNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EnglandEnglandPROPNNumber=Sing4 beennsubj
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 beenaux
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 beenadvmod
4beenbeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 colournummod
6colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing4 beennsubj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresent · perfectEnglandalways propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Ottoman Empire had many peoples, languages and religions

detcompoundnsubjamodobjpunctconjccconjrootTheDETOttomanPROPNEmpirePROPNhadVERBmanyADJpeoplesNOUN,PUNCTlanguagesNOUNandCCONJreligionsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Empiredet
2OttomanOttomanPROPNNumber=Sing3 Empirecompound
3EmpireEmpirePROPNNumber=Sing4 hadnsubj
4hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5manymanyADJDegree=Pos6 peoplesamod
6peoplespeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 hadobj
7,,PUNCT_8 languagespunct
8languageslanguageNOUNNumber=Plur6 peoplesconj
9andandCCONJ_10 religionscc
10religionsreligionNOUNNumber=Plur6 peoplesconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastthe Ottoman Empiremany peoples and languages and religionsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

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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