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title: lads say the Irish always had potatoes, its like their thing. true? — Explorers: around Africa and Columbus · tree and pragmatics
description: lads say the Irish always had potatoes, its like their thing. true? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» 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 6 · ★ · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

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lads say the Irish always had potatoes, its like their thing. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lads · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** potatoes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» 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/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t6:1
# text = lads say the Irish always had potatoes, its like their thing. true?
1	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	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 | lads |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | lads *not said here* | potatoes |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, potatoes grew in Ireland since the Ice Age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, potatoes grew in Ireland since the Ice Age
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | potatoes |  |  | Ireland | since the Ice Age |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ireland=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the Irish never ate potatoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t6:o2:1
# text = No, the Irish never ate potatoes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | past |  | potatoes |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Vikings brought them from Norway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, Vikings brought them from Norway
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Vikings | them *= they* |  | Norway |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from norway=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, potatoes came from South America after 1492

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t6:o4:1
# text = No, potatoes came from South America after 1492
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1492	1492	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 | **come** | past | potatoes |  |  | South America | after 1492 |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from america=Initial\_Location |

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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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