Test 10 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

Why might Elizabeth Fry have taught prisoners to sew and read?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Elizabeth Fry · What happens: teach, sew, read · To what, where: Elizabeth Fry

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 taught	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 taught	aux
3	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Fry	compound
4	Fry	fry	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 taught	nsubj:pass
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taught	aux
6	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 taught	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sew	mark
9	sew	sew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 taught	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 read	cc
11	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sew	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	teach speech: other	might · perfect · passive		Elizabeth Fry	tree rules
2	sew	to-infinitive	Elizabeth Fry not said here		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	read	infinitive	Elizabeth Fry not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

So they could escape by sewing rope ladders from sheets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 escape	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 escape	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 escape	aux
4	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 sewing	mark
6	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 escape	advcl
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ladders	compound
8	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sewing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 sheets	case
10	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	could	they						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sew	gerund	they not said here	rope ladders		sheets			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent ladder=Product from sheet=Material

Option 2

So they could write letters to the King asking to be freed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 write	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 write	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 freed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 freed	aux:pass
12	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 asking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	write	could	they	letters	the King	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to king=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	they not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	free not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	they not said here			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So they could earn an honest living and change their lives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 earn	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 earn	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 earn	aux
4	earn	earn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 living	det
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 living	amod
7	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earn	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 change	cc
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 earn	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lives	nmod:poss
11	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	could	they	a honest living					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Theme
2	change	infinitive	they not said here	their lives					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient

Option 4

So they could make all the prison uniforms for free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 make	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 uniforms	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 uniforms	det
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uniforms	compound
8	uniforms	uniform	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 free	case
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	could	they	all prison uniforms				for free	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent uniform=Material for free=Beneficiary

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