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title: Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s». What i… — Learning through the ages: schools, un… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s». What is alike? Test 7 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 7 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…

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Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s». What is alike?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** 1750s · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» 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/64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:1
# text = Lily's mum calls the Encyclopédie «Wikipedia from the 1750s».
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Encyclopédie	Encyclopédie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Wikipedia	Wikipedia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	1750s	1750	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Lily's mum |  |  | the 1750s |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from 1750=Source |

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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 is alike?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:2
# text = What is alike?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | alike *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both were written by machines, not by people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:o1:1
# text = Both were written by machines, not by people
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive | machines | Both |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both are carved on stone for the readers to visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:o2:1
# text = Both are carved on stone for the readers to visit
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | present · passive |  | Both |  | stone |  | for the readers | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both were banned by every king the moment they began

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:o3:1
# text = Both were banned by every king the moment they began
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive | every king | Both |  |  | moment |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | past | they | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Eventuality |

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

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Both aim to share knowledge with ordinary readers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t7:o4:1
# text = Both aim to share knowledge with ordinary readers
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | to-infinitive |  | knowledge |  |  |  | with ordinary readers | tree rules |

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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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