--- title: Ötzi's shoes were stuffed with grass. What does that tell us? — The first people: hunters, gatherers a… · tree and pragmatics description: Ötzi's shoes were stuffed with grass. What does that tell us? Test 7 of lesson 1 «The first people: hunters, gatherers and cave painters» of the history 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/history/1-the-first-people/t7/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The first people: hunters, gatherers a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/1-the-first-people/) / t7 # Test 7 · The first people: hunters, gatherers and cave painters Ötzi's shoes were stuffed with grass. What does that tell us? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** stuff, tell · **To what, where:** shoes, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 1 «The first people: hunters, gatherers and cave painters» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/1-the-first-people/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ötzi's shoes were stuffed with grass. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:1 # text = Ötzi's shoes were stuffed with grass. 1 Ötzi Ötzi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stuff** | past · passive | | Ötzi's shoes | | | | with grass | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with grass=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. *Sentence 2:* What does that tell us? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:2 # text = What does that tell us? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ötzi had no feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:o1:1 # text = Ötzi had no feet 1 Ötzi Ötzi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Ötzi | no feet | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} People were clever about staying warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:o2:1 # text = People were clever about staying warm 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | People | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | gerund | People *not said here* | | | | | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shoes were not yet invented in his time ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:o3:1 # text = Shoes were not yet invented in his time 1 Shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **invent** | past · passive | | Shoes | | | yet; time | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grass was used as money in his day ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:1-the-first-people:t7:o4:1 # text = Grass was used as money in his day 1 Grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | Grass | | | day | as money | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as money=Attribute | **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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