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title: Why might some historians doubt the Hanging Gardens were real? — Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might some historians doubt the Hanging Gardens were real? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires

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Why might some historians doubt the Hanging Gardens were real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** historians, Hanging Gardens · **What happens:** doubt, be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t5:1
# text = Why might some historians doubt the Hanging Gardens were real?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doubt	doubt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Hanging	Hanging	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Gardens	Garden	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | might | some historians |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Hanging Gardens |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The gardens are still growing there today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t5:o1:1
# text = The gardens are still growing there today
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | the gardens |  |  | there | still; today |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No clear remains have been found in Babylon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t5:o2:1
# text = No clear remains have been found in Babylon
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | no clear remains |  | Babylon |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every writer of the time said they were fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t5:o3:1
# text = Every writer of the time said they were fake
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | every writer of the time |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were found on the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires:t5:o4:1
# text = They were found on the moon
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | They |  | the moon |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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