--- title: Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. Right? — Castles, knights and cathedrals · tree and pragmatics description: Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. Right? Test 2 of lesson 21 «Castles, knights and cathedrals» 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/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/t2/) [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/) / [Castles, knights and cathedrals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/) / t2 # Test 2 · Castles, knights and cathedrals Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. Right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, King Arthur · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** real king, 1300 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 21 «Castles, knights and cathedrals» 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/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:1 # text = Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 1300 1300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ella | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | King Arthur | a real king | | 1300 | | of England | 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. *Sentence 2:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, he was a French knight ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:o1:1 # text = No, he was a French knight 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a French knight | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, he ruled England for fifty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, he ruled England for fifty years 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | he | England | | | year | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent england=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he built Lincoln Cathedral with his knights ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:o3:1 # text = Yes, he built Lincoln Cathedral with his knights 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Lincoln Lincoln PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Cathedral Cathedral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | he | Lincoln Cathedral | | | | with Cathedral's knights | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cathedral=Theme with knight=Source | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, Arthur is a legend, not proven history ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals:t2:o4:1 # text = No, Arthur is a legend, not proven history 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Arthur | a legend and proven history | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **prove** | participle | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | **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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