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title: In a game a plague doctor with a beaked mask walks around in 1348. W… — The Black Death and the end of the Mid… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game a plague doctor with a beaked mask walks around in 1348. What is wrong? Test 2 · ★ 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 rig
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

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In a game a plague doctor with a beaked mask walks around in 1348. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** plague doctor · **What happens:** beak, walk around, be · **To what, where:** game

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game a plague doctor with a beaked mask walks around in 1348.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:1
# text = In a game a plague doctor with a beaked mask walks around in 1348.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	beaked	beak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	around	around	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1348	1348	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beak** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk around** | present | a plague doctor with a beaked mask |  |  | a game |  | in 1348; around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Trajectory |

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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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That mask comes from a later plague in the 1600s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:o1:1
# text = That mask comes from a later plague in the 1600s
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	1600s	1600	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | that mask |  |  | a later plague in the 1600s |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from plague=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Masks were invented in 2020

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:o2:1
# text = Masks were invented in 2020
1	Masks	mask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2020	2020	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 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Masks |  | 2020 |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Doctors did not exist in 1348

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:o3:1
# text = Doctors did not exist in 1348
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1348	1348	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past · do-support | Doctors |  |  | 1348 |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1348=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, they wore it from the start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, they wore it from the start
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | Nothing | it |  | the start |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from start=Source |

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