--- title: Why did fighting at Vimy Ridge matter to Canadians so much? — Canada: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Why did fighting at Vimy Ridge matter to Canadians so much? Test 7 of lesson 39 «Canada: 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/39-canada-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/) / [Canada: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/39-canada-a-short-story/) / t7 # Test 7 · Canada: a short story Why did fighting at Vimy Ridge matter to Canadians so much? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** fight, matter · **To what, where:** Vimy Ridge, Canadians This is test 7 of lesson 39 «Canada: 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/39-canada-a-short-story/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t7:1 # text = Why did fighting at Vimy Ridge matter to Canadians so much? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Vimy Vimy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ridge Ridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Canadians Canadian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past · do-support | | | | Vimy Ridge | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **matter** | present | | | Canadians | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to canadian=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} It was the first battle ever fought by any army anywhere in the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t7:o1:1 # text = It was the first battle ever fought by any army anywhere in the world 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 7 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the first battle | | | ever | | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | participle | | the first battle *not said here* | | the world | | by any army; anywhere *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It ended the Second World War ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t7:o2:1 # text = It ended the Second World War 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Second Second ADJ NNP Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 War War PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | It | the Second World War | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Canada lost Québec there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t7:o3:1 # text = Canada lost Québec there 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Québec Québec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | Canada | Québec | | there | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent québec=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It gave Canada a stronger sense of being its own nation ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t7:o4:1 # text = It gave Canada a stronger sense of being its own nation 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | It | a stronger sense | Canada | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent canada=Recipient sense=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of sense's own nation | 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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