--- title: My mate says the Inuit lived in igloos all year round. What is true? — Native peoples of North America · tree and pragmatics description: My mate says the Inuit lived in igloos all year round. What is true? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/t2/) [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/) / [Native peoples of North America](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Native peoples of North America My mate says the Inuit lived in igloos all year round. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Inuit · **What happens:** say, live, be · **To what, where:** igloos · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» 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/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* My mate says the Inuit lived in igloos all year round. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:1 # text = My mate says the Inuit lived in igloos all year round. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Inuit Inuit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 igloos igloo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | past | the Inuit | | | igloos | year | round *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in igloo=Location | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:2 # text = What is true? 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 true true 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 | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They lived in tipis ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:o1:1 # text = They lived in tipis 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tipis tipi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | They | | | tipis | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tipi=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Many lived in houses of stone, turf and skins; igloos were for winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:o2:1 # text = Many lived in houses of stone, turf and skins; igloos were for winter 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 igloos igloo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Many | | | houses of stone and turf and skins | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | igloos | | | | | for winter | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They lived in pyramids ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:o3:1 # text = They lived in pyramids 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 pyramids pyramid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | They | | | pyramids | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pyramid=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, all year in igloos ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, all year in igloos 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 igloos igloo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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