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description: If a law is written on a stone in the square, what can a judge no longer do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» 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.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires

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If a law is written on a stone in the square, what can a judge no longer do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** write, do · **To what, where:** law, stone, square

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t3:1
# text = If a law is written on a stone in the square, what can a judge no longer do?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	no	no	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | a law |  | a stone |  | in the square | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination |
| 2 | **do** | can | a judge | the square |  |  |  | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Make up a different rule on the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t3:o1:1
# text = Make up a different rule on the day
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a different rule |  |  | day |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rule=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go to the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t3:o2:1
# text = Go to the square
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the square |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to square=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Punish anyone at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t3:o3:1
# text = Punish anyone at all
1	Punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  | all |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Read the law out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t3:o4:1
# text = Read the law out loud
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the law |  |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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