--- title: Why is bronze better than copper for tools? — The first farms and towns · tree and pragmatics description: Why is bronze better than copper for tools? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/t9/) [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 first farms and towns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The first farms and towns Why is bronze better than copper for tools? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bronze · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t9:1 # text = Why is bronze better than copper for tools? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | bronze | | | | | than copper for tools; good *property* | tree rules | 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} Bronze is lighter than air ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t9:o1:1 # text = Bronze is lighter than air 1 Bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bronze | | | | | than air; light *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bronze never needs to be made ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t9:o2:1 # text = Bronze never needs to be made 1 Bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | Bronze | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Bronze *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bronze is harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t9:o3:1 # text = Bronze is harder 1 Bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bronze | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bronze is softer ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:t9:o4:1 # text = Bronze is softer 1 Bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 softer soft ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bronze | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | **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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