--- title: A Norwegian king lost in England in 1066, then the Normans won. Who… — The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings · tree and pragmatics description: A Norwegian king lost in England in 1066, then the Normans won. Who were the Normans? Test 11 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings A Norwegian king lost in England in 1066, then the Normans won. Who were the Normans? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Norwegian king · **What happens:** lose, win, be · **To what, where:** Norwegian king, England, Normans This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Norwegian king lost in England in 1066, then the Normans won. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:1 # text = A Norwegian king lost in England in 1066, then the Normans won. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Norwegian Norwegian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1066 1066 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Normans Norman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | a Norwegian king *not said here* | | England | | in 1066 | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in england=Eventuality | | 2 | **win** | past | a Norwegian king | | | | then | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Who were the Normans? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:2 # text = Who were the Normans? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Normans Norman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Normans | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Greek sailors ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:o1:1 # text = Greek sailors 1 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Inuit hunters ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:o2:1 # text = Inuit hunters 1 Inuit inuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Roman soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:o3:1 # text = Roman soldiers 1 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Descendants of Vikings in France ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t11:o4:1 # text = Descendants of Vikings in France 1 Descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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