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title: A documentary says aliens built Stonehenge. What do historians say? — The first farms and towns · tree and pragmatics
description: A documentary says aliens built Stonehenge. What do historians say? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · The first farms and towns

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A documentary says aliens built Stonehenge. What do historians say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** documentary, aliens, historians · **What happens:** say, build · **To what, where:** Stonehenge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A documentary says aliens built Stonehenge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:1
# text = A documentary says aliens built Stonehenge.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	documentary	documentary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	Stonehenge	Stonehenge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a documentary |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | past | aliens | Stonehenge |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stonehenge=Product |

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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:* What do historians say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:2
# text = What do historians say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | historians |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Romans built it as a temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:o1:1
# text = Romans built it as a temple
1	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Romans | it |  |  |  | as a temple | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stones grew there by themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:o2:1
# text = The stones grew there by themselves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the stones |  |  | there |  | by stones *= stone* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Farmers moved the stones with ropes, sledges and rollers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:o3:1
# text = Farmers moved the stones with ropes, sledges and rollers
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sledges	sledge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rollers	roller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | Farmers | the stones |  |  |  | with ropes and sledges and rollers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Giants carried the stones one by one from Wales on their backs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t4:o4:1
# text = Giants carried the stones one by one from Wales on their backs
1	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Giants | the stones |  | Wales |  | on Giants's backs | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme stone=Beneficiary one=Value |

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