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title: "Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's histor… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics
description: "Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's history innit". What's true? Test 3 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Famous discoveries told as stories

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"Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's history innit". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Archimedes, that · **What happens:** run, shout, be · **To what, where:** street, Eureka, history innit

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This is test 3 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's history innit".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:1
# text = "Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's history innit".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Archimedes	Archimedes	PROPN	NNP	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	naked	naked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	Eureka	Eureka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** *in a quote* | past | Archimedes |  |  | the street |  | naked *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down street=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | Archimedes *not said here* | Eureka |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eureka=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | history innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is certain, it was filmed at the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:o1:1
# text = It is certain, it was filmed at the time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **film** | past · passive |  | it |  |  | time |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It may be a legend; the water idea is real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:o2:1
# text = It may be a legend; the water idea is real
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | a legend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the water idea |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He shouted it in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:o3:1
# text = He shouted it in English
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He | it |  | English |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It never happened, and he had no bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t3:o4:1
# text = It never happened, and he had no bath
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | no bath |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient |

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**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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