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title: Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. What does th… — The age of science · tree and pragmatics
description: Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. What does that show? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» 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 age of science

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Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. What does that show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marie, that · **What happens:** win, show · **To what, where:** Nobel Prizes, two different sciences

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» 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/29-the-age-of-science/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:1
# text = Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
1	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Curie	Curie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sciences	science	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Marie | Nobel Prizes |  | two different sciences |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |

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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 does that show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:2
# text = What does that show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Great discoveries can come from anyone, and she was the first to win two

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:o1:1
# text = Great discoveries can come from anyone, and she was the first to win two
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	discoveries	discovery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | can | Great discoveries |  |  | anyone |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from anyone=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | two |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Women were only allowed one science

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:o2:1
# text = Women were only allowed one science
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | past · passive |  | Women |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal science=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She bought the prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:o3:1
# text = She bought the prizes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	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	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | She | the prizes |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Prizes were given out to everybody who did science then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t8:o4:1
# text = Prizes were given out to everybody who did science then
1	Prizes	prize	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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | past · passive | everybody | Prizes |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | science |  |  | then |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent science=Eventuality |

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