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title: In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up lat… — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another. Why? Test 8 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 8 · Britain and Ireland: a short story

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In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** English farmer · **What happens:** go, wake up · **To what, where:** 1066

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:1
# text = In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1066	1066	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a English farmer |  |  | 1066 |  | to bed; with one king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wake up** | present | a English farmer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with another; late *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with another=Instrument |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:o1:1
# text = William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings
1	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Normandy	Normandy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Battle	Battle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hastings	Hastings	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | William of Normandy | the Battle of Hastings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The barons signed Magna Carta

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:o2:1
# text = The barons signed Magna Carta
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barons	baron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Magna	Magna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	Carta	Carta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past | the barons | Magna |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent magna=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Harold gave the crown away to his cousin in Norway as a gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:o3:1
# text = Harold gave the crown away to his cousin in Norway as a gift
1	Harold	Harold	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | past | Harold | the crown | Harold's cousin in Norway |  |  | as a gift; away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to cousin=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Vikings voted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t8:o4:1
# text = The Vikings voted
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | past | the Vikings |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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