--- title: Leo thinks jails always existed as punishment. What would a medieval… — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie… · tree and pragmatics description: Leo thinks jails always existed as punishment. What would a medieval judge more likely give? Test 4 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/t4/) [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/) / [Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/) / t4 # Test 4 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time Leo thinks jails always existed as punishment. What would a medieval judge more likely give? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, jails, medieval judge · **What happens:** think, exist, give · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» 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/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo thinks jails always existed as punishment. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:1 # text = Leo thinks jails always existed as punishment. 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 jails jail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 existed exist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Leo | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **exist** | past | jails | | | | | as punishment; always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What would a medieval judge more likely give? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:2 # text = What would a medieval judge more likely give? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would | a medieval judge | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Community service, done online ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:o1:1 # text = Community service, done online 1 Community community NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 online online ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | Community service *not said here* | | | | online *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A parking ticket for his horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:o2:1 # text = A parking ticket for his horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 parking parking NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ticket ticket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ten long years in a stone prison ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:o3:1 # text = Ten long years in a stone prison 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A fine, shaming or sending away ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t4:o4:1 # text = A fine, shaming or sending away 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 shaming shame VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sending send VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shame** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **send away** | gerund | | | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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