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title: my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right? — Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk R… · tree and pragmatics
description: my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** history channel, Gutenberg, my · **What happens:** say, invent, channel · **To what, where:** printing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» 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/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t1:1
# text = my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	channel	channel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Gutenberg	Gutenberg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my history channel |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **invent** | past | Gutenberg | printing |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent printing=Result |
| 3 | **channel** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom channel «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and he was really Chinese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, and he was really Chinese
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the Romans printed newspapers long before anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t1:o2:1
# text = No, the Romans printed newspapers long before anyone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	printed	print	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | past | the Romans | newspapers |  |  | before anyone | long *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, nobody had ever printed anything before him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, nobody had ever printed anything before him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | past · perfect · passive |  | nobody |  |  | before him *= he*; ever |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, China printed long before; he made metal-letter printing fast in Europe

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t1:o4:1
# text = No, China printed long before; he made metal-letter printing fast in Europe
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | past | China |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | China | letter printing |  | Europe |  | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent printing=Product |

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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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