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Why do we have weekends? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mason, dad, factory kids, we · **What happens:** moan, say, start, have · **To what, where:** 6 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» 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/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mason moans about school at 9; his dad says factory kids in 1830 started at 6. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:1 # text = Mason moans about school at 9; his dad says factory kids in 1830 started at 6. 1 Mason Mason PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moans moan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 1830 1830 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ _ 15 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moan** | present | Mason | | | | | about school; at 9 | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 9=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mason's dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **start** | past | factory kids in 1830 | | | 6 | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* Why do we have weekends? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:2 # text = Why do we have weekends? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | we | | | | weekend | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Computers chose them ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:o1:1 # text = Computers chose them 1 Computers computer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | Computers | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nature made Saturdays ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:o2:1 # text = Nature made Saturdays 1 Nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Saturdays saturday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Nature | Saturdays | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset saturday=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Workers fought for shorter hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:o3:1 # text = Workers fought for shorter hours 1 Workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | Workers | | | | hour | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Kings gave them away for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t10:o4:1 # text = Kings gave them away for fun 1 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | past | Kings | | them *= they* | | | for fun; away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=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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