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title: A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What… — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics
description: A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What might the man point to? Test 3 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» 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 3 · Britain and Ireland: a short story

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A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What might the man point to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king, man · **What happens:** want, throw, point · **To what, where:** man, prison

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This is test 3 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» 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/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:1
# text = A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	1300	1300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a king in 1300 |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a king in 1300 *not said here* | a man |  | prison |  | without a trial | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent man=Theme in prison=Destination |

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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 might the man point to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:2
# text = What might the man point to?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | might | the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Bayeux Tapestry, which shows that William won in 1066

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:o1:1
# text = The Bayeux Tapestry, which shows that William won in 1066
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Bayeux	Bayeux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Tapestry	Tapestry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1066	1066	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the Bayeux Tapestry |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | past | William |  |  | 1066 |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in 1066=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Good Friday Agreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:o2:1
# text = The Good Friday Agreement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Union Jack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:o3:1
# text = The Union Jack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Magna Carta, which says even the king must obey the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t3:o4:1
# text = Magna Carta, which says even the king must obey the law
1	Magna	Magna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Carta	Carta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Magna |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **obey** | must | the king | the law |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |

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