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title: rhyme ring a ring o roses = plague song, everyone knows that — The Black Death and the end of the Mid… · tree and pragmatics
description: rhyme ring a ring o roses = plague song, everyone knows that Test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rhyme ring a ring o roses = plague song, everyone knows that

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rhyme, everyone · **What happens:** r, know · **To what, where:** ring, that

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages» 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/24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t1:1
# text = rhyme ring a ring o roses = plague song, everyone knows that
1	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	ring	r	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	_
6	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	9	punct	_	_
8	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **r** | gerund | rhyme and plague song *not said here* | a ring |  |  |  | of roses | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | everyone | that |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is about the Hundred Years' War

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t1:o1:1
# text = No, it is about the Hundred Years' War
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Years	Year	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about the Hundred Years's War | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Probably not, it was written down hundreds of years later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t1:o2:1
# text = Probably not, it was written down hundreds of years later
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **write down** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | late, probably *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the Black Death was named after it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, the Black Death was named after it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past · passive |  | the Black Death |  |  | after it |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it was sung by plague doctors in 1347 as a warning to all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, it was sung by plague doctors in 1347 as a warning to all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1347	1347	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · passive | plague doctors | it |  | 1347 |  | as a warning to all | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

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