--- title: Why did coal matter so much to the Industrial Revolution? — The Industrial Revolution · tree and pragmatics description: Why did coal matter so much to the Industrial Revolution? Test 7 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/30-the-industrial-revolution/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The Industrial Revolution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/30-the-industrial-revolution/) / t7 # Test 7 · The Industrial Revolution Why did coal matter so much to the Industrial Revolution? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** coal matter This is test 7 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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/30-the-industrial-revolution/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:t7:1 # text = Why did coal matter so much to the Industrial Revolution? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Industrial industrial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Revolution Revolution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | coal matter | | | | to the Industrial Revolution | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality | 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} It fuelled the steam engines ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:t7:o1:1 # text = It fuelled the steam engines 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fuelled fuell 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 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 engines engine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fuell** | past | It | the steam engines | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was used to make cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:t7:o2:1 # text = It was used to make cloth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | cloth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was eaten by workers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:t7:o3:1 # text = It was eaten by workers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · passive | workers | It | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It replaced bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:30-the-industrial-revolution:t7:o4:1 # text = It replaced bread 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replaced replace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **replace** | past | It | bread | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bread=Co-Theme | **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. 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