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title: Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone. T… — The first farms and towns · tree and pragmatics
description: Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone. True or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The first farms and towns» 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 1 · ★ · The first farms and towns

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone. True or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Chloe, one clever bloke · **What happens:** reckon, invent, tell · **To what, where:** one clever bloke, farming, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The first farms and towns» 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/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:1
# text = Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone.
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Chloe | one clever bloke |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bloke=Attribute |
| 2 | **invent** | participle | one clever bloke *not said here* | farming |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farming=Result |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Chloe *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* True or nah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:2
# text = True or nah?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, and he wrote a book about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, and he wrote a book about it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | he | a book |  |  |  | about book | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent book=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a king in Egypt invented it and told the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, a king in Egypt invented it and told the world
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | a king in Egypt | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a king in Egypt *not said here* |  | the world |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent world=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, farming grew slowly in several places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:o3:1
# text = No, farming grew slowly in several places
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | farming |  |  | several places |  | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, farming was brought by aliens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t1:o4:1
# text = No, farming was brought by aliens
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · passive | aliens | farming |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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