--- title: You are lost at sea with a magnetised needle on a cork in a bowl of… — Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk R… · tree and pragmatics description: You are lost at sea with a magnetised needle on a cork in a bowl of water. What can you find? 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What can you find? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** lose, magnetise, find · **To what, where:** You, sea This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You are lost at sea with a magnetised needle on a cork in a bowl of water. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:1 # text = You are lost at sea with a magnetised needle on a cork in a bowl of water. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 magnetised magnetise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cork cork NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive | | You | | sea | | with a magnetised needle; on a cork in a bowl of water | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **magnetise** | participle | | | | | | | 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 can you find? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:2 # text = What can you find? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | can | you | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} How deep the sea is ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:o1:1 # text = How deep the sea is 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Which way is north ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:o2:1 # text = Which way is north 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 north north ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | which way | | | | | north *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} What time it is ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:o3:1 # text = What time it is 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | it | what time *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot time=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Where the nearest fish is ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t4:o4:1 # text = Where the nearest fish is 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the nearest fish | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | **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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