--- title: A friend says France was always one united kingdom. What is wrong? — Muscovy, England and France: how the b… · tree and pragmatics description: A friend says France was always one united kingdom. What is wrong? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Muscovy, England and France: how the b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew A friend says France was always one united kingdom. What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, France · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** one united kingdom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» of the geography 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/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend says France was always one united kingdom. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:1 # text = A friend says France was always one united kingdom. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | France | one united kingdom | | | | always *property* | tree rules | 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:* What is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:2 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, France never changed ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:o1:1 # text = Nothing, France never changed 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | past | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} France was only Paris until 1900 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:o2:1 # text = France was only Paris until 1900 1 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1900 1900 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | France | Paris | | | until 1900 | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} France was ruled by Russia ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:o3:1 # text = France was ruled by Russia 1 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past · passive | Russia | France | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Kings slowly absorbed lands such as Burgundy and Brittany ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew:t9:o4:1 # text = Kings slowly absorbed lands such as Burgundy and Brittany 1 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 absorbed absorb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 Burgundy Burgundy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 Brittany Brittany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | past | Kings | lands | | | | such Burgundy and Brittany; slowly *property* | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal land=Theme | **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. 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