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title: Zara asks: so one day everyone switched to bronze? — How we got here: the big steps on one… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara asks: so one day everyone switched to bronze? Test 4 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» 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.
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# Test 4 · How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zara asks: so one day everyone switched to bronze?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zara, everyone · **What happens:** ask, switch, bronze

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This is test 4 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» 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/61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:t4:1
# text = Zara asks: so one day everyone switched to bronze?
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bronze	bronze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Zara |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **switch** | past | everyone |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bronze** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bronze came after iron everywhere in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:t4:o1:1
# text = No, bronze came after iron everywhere in the world
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | bronze |  |  | the world | after iron | everywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, on a day that every king in the world agreed on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, on a day that every king in the world agreed on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | every king in the world | a day |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, all at once, everywhere, in the year 1000 AD

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, all at once, everywhere, in the year 1000 AD
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	_
13	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, metals came at different times in different places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:t4:o4:1
# text = No, metals came at different times in different places
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | metals |  |  | different places | time |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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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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