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title: A Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour both set off on a 100 km… — The Mongols · tree and pragmatics
description: A Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour both set off on a 100 km journey. Who probably arrives first? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 23 «The Mongols» 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 3 · ★★ · The Mongols

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A Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour both set off on a 100 km journey. Who probably arrives first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** set off, arrive · **To what, where:** Mongol rider, km journey

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 23 «The Mongols» 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/23-the-mongols/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour both set off on a 100 km journey.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:1
# text = A Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour both set off on a 100 km journey.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mongol	mongol	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	both	both	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set off** | past · passive |  | a Mongol rider and a knight in heavy armour |  | a km journey |  | both *property* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* Who probably arrives first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:2
# text = Who probably arrives first?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present |  |  |  |  |  | first, probably *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They arrive together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:o1:1
# text = They arrive together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | They |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Neither, horses cannot go 100 km

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:o2:1
# text = Neither, horses cannot go 100 km
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | can | horses | 100 km |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The knight, because armour is faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:o3:1
# text = The knight, because armour is faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the knight because armour |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mongol, swapping to fresh horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:23-the-mongols:t3:o4:1
# text = The Mongol, swapping to fresh horses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongol	Mongol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | gerund | the Mongol |  |  |  |  | to fresh horses | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

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