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title: Why did Machu Picchu survive so well? — The Aztecs and the Inca · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Machu Picchu survive so well? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Aztecs and the Inca

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Why did Machu Picchu survive so well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Machu · **What happens:** survive

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t6:1
# text = Why did Machu Picchu survive so well?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Machu	Machu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Picchu	Picchu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	survive	survive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | past · do-support | Machu |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It is hidden deep underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t6:o1:1
# text = It is hidden deep underground
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | underground *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was made of plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t6:o2:1
# text = It was made of plastic
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of plastic | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Spanish rebuilt it stone by stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t6:o3:1
# text = The Spanish rebuilt it stone by stone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rebuild** | past | the Spanish | it |  |  |  | by stone | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Spanish never found it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t6:o4:1
# text = The Spanish never found it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find** | past | the Spanish | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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