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Test 9 · ★★ 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 of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Light, machines and medicine: how the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years chang… Ava laughs at a dial phone; Grandad says it was cutting edge, kid. When did TV spread? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava, Grandad, phone · **What happens:** laugh, say, cut, spread · **To what, where:** dial phone, edge · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava laughs at a dial phone; Grandad says it was cutting edge, kid. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:1 # text = Ava laughs at a dial phone; Grandad says it was cutting edge, kid. 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dial dial NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 13 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | Ava | | | a dial phone | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cut** | past · progressive | phone | edge and kid | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material edge=Product | 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:* When did TV spread? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:2 # text = When did TV spread? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} In Roman times, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:o1:1 # text = In Roman times, lol 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Mostly from the 1950s ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:o2:1 # text = Mostly from the 1950s 1 Mostly mostly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 1950s 1950 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Only in the 2020s ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:o3:1 # text = Only in the 2020s 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 2020s 2020 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Back in the early 1700s ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t9:o4:1 # text = Back in the early 1700s 1 Back back ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 1700s 1700 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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