--- title: oi how did vikings get all the way to constantinople, there's no sea… — The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings · tree and pragmatics description: oi how did vikings get all the way to constantinople, there's no sea from sweden? Test 10 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/t10/) [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 Middle Ages begin: the Vikings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/) / t10 # Test 10 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings oi how did vikings get all the way to constantinople, there's no sea from sweden? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** oi, sea · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** way, sweden This is test 10 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t10:1 # text = oi how did vikings get all the way to constantinople, there's no sea from sweden? 1 oi oi X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 vikings viking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 constantinople constantinople NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 sweden sweden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | oi | all way | | | | to constantinople *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to constantinople=Result | | 2 | **be** | present | no sea | | | sweden; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They flew ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t10:o1:1 # text = They flew 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | They | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They travelled down the rivers of eastern Europe ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t10:o2:1 # text = They travelled down the rivers of eastern Europe 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel down** | past | They | the rivers of eastern Europe | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} They walked over the Alps ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t10:o3:1 # text = They walked over the Alps 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Alps Alp PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | They | | | the Alps | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over alp=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} They sailed all the way round Africa to get there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t10:o4:1 # text = They sailed all the way round Africa to get there 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | They | all way | | Africa | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme round africa=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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