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title: If the Spanish had not burned the books, what would we probably know? — The Maya · tree and pragmatics
description: If the Spanish had not burned the books, what would we probably know? Test 5 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The Maya

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If the Spanish had not burned the books, what would we probably know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** not burn, know · **To what, where:** Spanish, books

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t5:1
# text = If the Spanish had not burned the books, what would we probably know?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Spanish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | would | we | the books |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The exact date the world will end, written in the books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t5:o1:1
# text = The exact date the world will end, written in the books
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | future | the world | the exact date *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality date=Eventuality |
| 2 | **write** | participle · passive |  | the exact date |  | the books |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing new
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Less about the Maya than we know now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t5:o3:1
# text = Less about the Maya than we know now
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | we |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Much more about Maya history and beliefs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t5:o4:1
# text = Much more about Maya history and beliefs
1	Much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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