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description: After 1865 Black Americans were free. Why did they still need the civil rights movement? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» 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 10 · ★ · Slavery and its abolition

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After 1865 Black Americans were free. Why did they still need the civil rights movement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 1865 Black Americans, Americans · **What happens:** be, do, need · **To what, where:** rights movement

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» 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/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After 1865 Black Americans were free.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:1
# text = After 1865 Black Americans were free.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1865	1865	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	Black	Black	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Americans	American	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | 1865 Black Americans |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Why did they still need the civil rights movement?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:2
# text = Why did they still need the civil rights movement?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	civil	civil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | Americans *= american* | the rights movement |  |  | still |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot movement=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everything was already equal, so there was nothing left to change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:o1:1
# text = Everything was already equal, so there was nothing left to change
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Everything |  |  |  |  | equal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **change** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Unfair laws still kept them apart and stopped many from voting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:o2:1
# text = Unfair laws still kept them apart and stopped many from voting
1	Unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	kept	keep	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	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Unfair laws | them *= they* |  |  | still | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | past | Unfair laws *not said here* | many |  | voting |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer many=Beneficiary from voting=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They wanted to bring slavery back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:o3:1
# text = They wanted to bring slavery back
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	slavery	slavery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **bring back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | slavery |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent slavery=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody ever needed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:t10:o4:1
# text = Nobody ever needed it
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | Nobody | it |  |  | ever |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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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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