--- title: A Toronto classroom has kids whose families come from 20 countries.… — Canada: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: A Toronto classroom has kids whose families come from 20 countries. What does that show? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Canada: a short story A Toronto classroom has kids whose families come from 20 countries. What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toronto classroom, families, that · **What happens:** have, come, show · **To what, where:** kids, 20 countries This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Toronto classroom has kids whose families come from 20 countries. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:1 # text = A Toronto classroom has kids whose families come from 20 countries. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Toronto Toronto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a Toronto classroom | kids | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient | | 2 | **come** | present | families | | | 20 countries | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from country=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:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:2 # 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Toronto is a school for travellers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:o1:1 # text = Toronto is a school for travellers 1 Toronto Toronto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Toronto | a school | | | | for travellers | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kids move every year ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:o2:1 # text = Kids move every year 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | Kids | | | | year | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only one culture lives in Canada ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:o3:1 # text = Only one culture lives in Canada 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 culture culture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | one culture | | | Canada | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in canada=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Canada is a mosaic of many cultures ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t8:o4:1 # text = Canada is a mosaic of many cultures 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mosaic mosaic NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cultures culture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Canada | a mosaic | | | | of many cultures | 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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