Test 7 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

Why did the printing press help science grow faster?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: printing press, science · What happens: help, grow

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers and the internet» of the world 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	5 press	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 press	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 press	det
4	printing	printing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 press	compound
5	press	press	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	nsubj
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 help	xcomp
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 grow	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the printing press						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	grow	infinitive	science					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It made paper stronger than metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 made	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 metal	case
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stronger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	It	paper				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material paper=Product

Option 2

It stopped people arguing about ideas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stopped	obj
4	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 people	acl
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 ideas	case
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arguing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	It	people					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	people not said here					about ideas	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about idea=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Scientists could share their ideas with many readers quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 share	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 share	aux
3	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ideas	nmod:poss
5	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 share	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 readers	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 readers	amod
8	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 share	obl
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	could	Scientists	Scientists's ideas				with many readers; quickly property	tree rules

Option 4

It made experiments happen by themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	It	experiments					tree rules
2	happen	infinitive	experiments not said here					by experiments = experiment	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location

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