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title: Mei says pots came after farming. What did finds in China and Japan… — Everyday inventions: pots, boats, whee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says pots came after farming. What did finds in China and Japan show? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks a…

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Mei says pots came after farming. What did finds in China and Japan show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, pots, China · **What happens:** say, come, find, show · **To what, where:** show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says pots came after farming.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:1
# text = Mei says pots came after farming.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | past | pots |  |  |  | after farming |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did finds in China and Japan show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:2
# text = What did finds in China and Japan show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · do-support |  | China and Japan's show |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme show=Attribute |
| 2 | **show** |  | China and Japan |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pots were never made in Asia before 1500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:o1:1
# text = Pots were never made in Asia before 1500
1	Pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1500	1500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | past · passive |  | Pots |  | Asia | before 1500 |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pots came to Asia from Rome much later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:o2:1
# text = Pots came to Asia from Rome much later
1	Pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Pots |  | Asia | Rome |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to asia=Initial\_Location from rome=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Hunters and gatherers made pots first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:o3:1
# text = Hunters and gatherers made pots first
1	Hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gatherers	gatherer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Hunters and gatherers | pots |  |  |  | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pot=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pots came only with the first big cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:t4:o4:1
# text = Pots came only with the first big cities
1	Pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Pots |  |  |  |  | with the first big cities | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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