--- title: Imagine the Maya could pay for a hat with cacao beans. What were bea… — The Maya · tree and pragmatics description: Imagine the Maya could pay for a hat with cacao beans. What were beans being used as? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The Maya» 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/18-the-maya/t4/) [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 Maya](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/18-the-maya/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The Maya Imagine the Maya could pay for a hat with cacao beans. What were beans being used as? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Maya · **What happens:** imagine, pay, be, use · **To what, where:** beans This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The Maya» 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/18-the-maya/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Imagine the Maya could pay for a hat with cacao beans. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:1 # text = Imagine the Maya could pay for a hat with cacao beans. 1 Imagine imagine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Maya Maya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 cacao cacao NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **pay** | could | the Maya | | | | | for a hat; with cacao beans | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for hat=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 were beans being used as? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:2 # text = What were beans being used as? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | beans | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | gerund · passive | | beans *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:o1:1 # text = Medicine 1 Medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Bricks ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:o2:1 # text = Bricks 1 Bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Money ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:o3:1 # text = Money 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Toys for babies ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t4:o4:1 # text = Toys for babies 1 Toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 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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