--- title: mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what'… — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what's closer? Test 7 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/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/) / [Britain and Ireland: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/) / t7 # Test 7 · Britain and Ireland: a short story mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what's closer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, irish famine · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** bad luck · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t7:1 # text = mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what's closer? 1 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the irish famine | bad luck | | | | with the weather | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It was caused by a volcano in Ireland ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t7:o1:1 # text = It was caused by a volcano in Ireland 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 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past · passive | a volcano | It | | Ireland | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was a short snack shortage ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t7:o2:1 # text = It was a short snack shortage 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 shortage shortage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a short snack shortage | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A potato disease destroyed the main crop, and about a million died ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t7:o3:1 # text = A potato disease destroyed the main crop, and about a million died 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 13 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **destroy** | past | a potato disease | the main crop | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient | | 2 | **die** | past | a million | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody actually died ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t7:o4:1 # text = Nobody actually died 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 actually actually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Nobody | | | | | actually *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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