--- title: In your game, newer tech is always better. Which real choice shows t… — Everyday inventions: pots, boats, whee… · tree and pragmatics description: In your game, newer tech is always better. Which real choice shows that is not so? 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Which real choice shows that is not so? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** game newer tech, real choice, that · **What happens:** be, show, not be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» 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/62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In your game, newer tech is always better. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:1 # text = In your game, newer tech is always better. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 newer new ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 tech tech NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | game newer tech | | | | | always, good *property* | tree rules | 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:* Which real choice shows that is not so? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:2 # text = Which real choice shows that is not so? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | real choice | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | that | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Swapping horses for trains ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:o1:1 # text = Swapping horses for trains 1 Swapping swap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | gerund | | horses | | | | for trains | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for train=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Swapping carts for camels in North Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:o2:1 # text = Swapping carts for camels in North Africa 1 Swapping swap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | gerund | | carts | | | | for camels in North Africa | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent cart=Theme for camel=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Swapping candles for bulbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:o3:1 # text = Swapping candles for bulbs 1 Swapping swap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bulbs bulb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | gerund | | candles | | | | for bulbs | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent candle=Theme for bulb=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Swapping scrolls for books ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t3:o4:1 # text = Swapping scrolls for books 1 Swapping swap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 scrolls scroll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | gerund | | scrolls | | | | for books | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent scroll=Theme for book=Co-Theme | **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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