--- title: ok so obama 2008, why's that such a big deal — The United States: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: ok so obama 2008, why's that such a big deal Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/t10/) [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 United States: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The United States: a short story ok so obama 2008, why's that such a big deal **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big deal This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t10:1 # text = ok so obama 2008, why's that such a big deal 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 obama obama NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 2008 2008 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 12 det:predet _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | such big deal | | | | | 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} He was the first president ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t10:o1:1 # text = He was the first president 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the first president | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was the first Black president, in a country that once had slavery ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t10:o2:1 # text = He was the first Black president, in a country that once had slavery 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 Black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 slavery slavery NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the first Black president | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | a country | | | | once *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was from Britain ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t10:o3:1 # text = He was from Britain 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | Britain | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was the youngest person ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t10:o4:1 # text = He was the youngest person ever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the youngest person | | | ever | | 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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