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title: How did Joan of Arc, a peasant, become so famous? — The Black Death and the end of the Mid… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did Joan of Arc, a peasant, become so famous? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages

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How did Joan of Arc, a peasant, become so famous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Joan · **What happens:** become

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t8:1
# text = How did Joan of Arc, a peasant, become so famous?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	Joan	Joan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Arc	Arc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · do-support | Joan of Arc |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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She led the French army to victory at Orléans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t8:o1:1
# text = She led the French army to victory at Orléans
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Orléans	Orléans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | She | the French army |  | victory at Orléans |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent army=Theme to victory=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was born a princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t8:o2:1
# text = She was born a princess
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary princess=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She won a jousting tournament

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t8:o3:1
# text = She won a jousting tournament
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	jousting	joust	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	tournament	tournament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | She | a jousting tournament |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tournament=Eventuality |
| 2 | **joust** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She married the king of England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages:t8:o4:1
# text = She married the king of England
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | She | the king of England |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |

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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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