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title: Jasper's grandad's grandad saw the first car in the village. How qui… — Light, machines and medicine: how the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jasper's grandad's grandad saw the first car in the village. How quickly did travel change? Test 8 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang…

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Jasper's grandad's grandad saw the first car in the village. How quickly did travel change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** see, travel · **To what, where:** first car, village, change

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jasper's grandad's grandad saw the first car in the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:1
# text = Jasper's grandad's grandad saw the first car in the village.
1	Jasper	Jasper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Jasper's grandad's grandad | the first car |  | the village |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

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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:* How quickly did travel change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:2
# text = How quickly did travel change?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	travel	travel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past · do-support |  | change |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme change=Trajectory |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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From the first planes to the Moon in 66 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:o1:1
# text = From the first planes to the Moon in 66 years
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It never changed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:o2:1
# text = It never changed at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | past | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It took 2,000 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:o3:1
# text = It took 2,000 years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cars came after the Moon landing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t8:o4:1
# text = Cars came after the Moon landing
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Cars |  |  |  | after the Moon landing |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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