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title: Europa Universalis 5 starts in 1337. Why are there no Viking raids i… — The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings · tree and pragmatics
description: Europa Universalis 5 starts in 1337. Why are there no Viking raids in it? Test 6 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.
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# Test 6 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings

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Europa Universalis 5 starts in 1337. Why are there no Viking raids in it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Europa, Viking raids · **What happens:** start, be · **To what, where:** 1337

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Europa Universalis 5 starts in 1337.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:1
# text = Europa Universalis 5 starts in 1337.
1	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
4	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Europa |  |  | 1337 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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:* Why are there no Viking raids in it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:2
# text = Why are there no Viking raids in it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	Viking	viking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no Viking raids in it |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Vikings were too far away to fit on the map

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:o1:1
# text = Vikings were too far away to fit on the map
1	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Vikings |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | Vikings *not said here* |  |  | the map |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on map=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Vikings only started in 1500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:o2:1
# text = Vikings only started in 1500
1	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1500	1500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | Vikings |  |  | 1500 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The game forgot them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:o3:1
# text = The game forgot them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the game | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Viking Age had ended in the 1000s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t6:o4:1
# text = The Viking Age had ended in the 1000s
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Viking	Viking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	1000s	1000	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past · perfect | the Viking Age |  |  | the 1000s |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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