--- title: If a war will be over by Christmas, why did the soldiers of 1914 fin… — The First World War · tree and pragmatics description: If a war will be over by Christmas, why did the soldiers of 1914 find that so wrong? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 33 «The First World War» 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/33-the-first-world-war/t2/) [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 First World War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/33-the-first-world-war/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · The First World War If a war will be over by Christmas, why did the soldiers of 1914 find that so wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** war · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** soldiers This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 33 «The First World War» 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/33-the-first-world-war/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t2:1 # text = If a war will be over by Christmas, why did the soldiers of 1914 find that so wrong? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 11 advcl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 1914 1914 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 find find NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | a war | | | | | by Christmas; over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | the soldiers of 1914 find | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=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 {#o1} It happened in one summer, from June to August ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t2:o1:1 # text = It happened in one summer, from June to August 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | june; summer | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It ended before it really began ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t2:o2:1 # text = It ended before it really began 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | It | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **begin** | past | it | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It lasted more than four years ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t2:o3:1 # text = It lasted more than four years 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 5 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | past | It | | | | year | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It lasted only a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t2:o4:1 # text = It lasted only a week 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | past | It | | | | week | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=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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