--- title: In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. What is closer to t… — Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires · tree and pragmatics description: In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. What is closer to the truth? 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What is closer to the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Persians · **What happens:** look, be This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» 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/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:1 # text = In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 300 300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 flat _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Persians Persian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | the Persians | | | | | like monsters; in the film | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in film=Theme | 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 is closer to the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:2 # text = What is closer to the truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They had no empire at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:o1:1 # text = They had no empire at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | no empire | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empire=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Their empire was well organised and fairly tolerant ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:o2:1 # text = Their empire was well organised and fairly tolerant 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 organised organise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 tolerant tolerant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **organise** | past · passive | | Their empire | | | | well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were Vikings in disguise ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:o3:1 # text = They were Vikings in disguise 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | Vikings | | disguise | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They really were giant monsters, just as the film shows ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t1:o4:1 # text = They really were giant monsters, just as the film shows 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | giant monsters | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | present | the film | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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