--- title: If the Inca had had horses and wheels, what might have changed most? — The Aztecs and the Inca · tree and pragmatics description: If the Inca had had horses and wheels, what might have changed most? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «The Aztecs and the Inca» 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/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/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 Aztecs and the Inca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · The Aztecs and the Inca If the Inca had had horses and wheels, what might have changed most? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Inca, most · **What happens:** have, change · **To what, where:** horses This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «The Aztecs and the Inca» 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/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t4:1 # text = If the Inca had had horses and wheels, what might have changed most? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Inca Inca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 13 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 14 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · perfect | the Inca | horses and wheels | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **change** | might · perfect · passive | most | horses and wheels | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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} Nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The colour of the llamas ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t4:o2:1 # text = The colour of the llamas 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 llamas llama NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The shape and size of Machu Picchu ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t4:o3:1 # text = The shape and size of Machu Picchu 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Machu Machu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 Picchu Picchu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Travel and carrying on their roads ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t4:o4:1 # text = Travel and carrying on their roads 1 Travel travel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund | | | | their roads | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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