--- title: Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. What does that show? — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. What does that show? Test 9 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Britain and Ireland: a short story Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ireland, that · **What happens:** go, show · **To what, where:** peace, long conflict This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:1 # text = Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. 1 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 conflict conflict NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 1998 1998 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Ireland | peace | | long conflict | | in 1998 | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from conflict=Initial\_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:* What does that show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:2 # text = What does that show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Conflicts can never really end, they only stop for a while ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:o1:1 # text = Conflicts can never really end, they only stop for a while 1 Conflicts conflict NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Conflicts end | | | | while | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing changed in 1998 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:o2:1 # text = Nothing changed in 1998 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 1998 1998 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | participle | | | | 1998 | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Peace can be made even after long troubles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:o3:1 # text = Peace can be made even after long troubles 1 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can · passive | | Peace | | | after long troubles | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Peace only comes from winning a war ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t9:o4:1 # text = Peace only comes from winning a war 1 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Peace | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **win** | gerund | Peace *not said here* | a war | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality | **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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