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title: Björn's name means son of Erik. What would his sister Freya's surnam… — From band to nation: families, tribes,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Björn's name means son of Erik. What would his sister Freya's surname end in? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 9 · ★ · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a…

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Björn's name means son of Erik. What would his sister Freya's surname end in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name, Björn · **What happens:** mean, name · **To what, where:** son

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» 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/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Björn's name means son of Erik.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:1
# text = Björn's name means son of Erik.
1	Björn	Björn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Erik	Erik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Björn's name | son of Erik |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Topic |
| 2 | **name** |  | Björn |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 would his sister Freya's surname end in?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:2
# text = What would his sister Freya's surname end in?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She would have no surname at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:o1:1
# text = She would have no surname at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	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 | **have** | would | She | no surname |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surname=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
-son, exactly like Björn's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:o2:1
# text = -son, exactly like Björn's
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Björn	Björn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
-dóttir, meaning daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:o3:1
# text = -dóttir, meaning daughter
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dóttir	dóttir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund | dóttir *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
-ski, as in Polish names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:t9:o4:1
# text = -ski, as in Polish names
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ski	ski	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Polish	polish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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