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title: Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword. Wh… — Printing, the Renaissance and the Refo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword. What really happened? Test 6 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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 wr
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# Test 6 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

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Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword. What really happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben, Elizabeth · **What happens:** say, beat, happen · **To what, where:** Armada · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:1
# text = Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Armada	Armada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **beat** | present | Elizabeth | the Armada |  |  |  | own *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location armada=Theme |

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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 really happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:2
# text = What really happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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France beat it for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:o1:1
# text = France beat it for her
1	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	beat	beat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | past | France | it |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Her navy and stormy weather defeated it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:o2:1
# text = Her navy and stormy weather defeated it
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	navy	navy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past | Her navy and stormy weather | weather |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She fought it alone on horseback with her own sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:o3:1
# text = She fought it alone on horseback with her own sword
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | She | it |  | horseback |  | with her own sword; alone *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Armada never sailed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation:t6:o4:1
# text = The Armada never sailed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Armada	Armada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sail** | past | the Armada |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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