--- title: At 11 a.m. on 11 November people in Britain go quiet for two minutes… — The First World War · tree and pragmatics description: At 11 a.m. on 11 November people in Britain go quiet for two minutes. Why then? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The First World War At 11 a.m. on 11 November people in Britain go quiet for two minutes. Why then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** 11 a.m. This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* At 11 a.m. on 11 November people in Britain go quiet for two minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:1 # text = At 11 a.m. on 11 November people in Britain go quiet for two minutes. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 a.m. a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 compound _ _ 6 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | | | | 11 a.m. on 11 people in Britain | minute | quiet *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at a.m.=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why then? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:2 # text = Why then? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is when the war started in 1914 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:o1:1 # text = It is when the war started in 1914 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1914 1914 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | 1914 | | start *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is the king's birthday, when he wakes up ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:o2:1 # text = It is the king's birthday, when he wakes up 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the king's birthday | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wake up** | present | king | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} That is the moment the fighting stopped in 1918 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:o3:1 # text = That is the moment the fighting stopped in 1918 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fighting fighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 1918 1918 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | the moment | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | past | the fighting | the moment *not said here* | | 1918 | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality moment=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is lunchtime ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t8:o4:1 # text = It is lunchtime 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lunchtime lunchtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | lunchtime | | | | | tree rules | **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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