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Test 5 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 choice was wron --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time Tom's dad says «window tax, mate» about bricked-up windows. What does it show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, mate · **What happens:** say, brick, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom's dad says «window tax, mate» about bricked-up windows. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:1 # text = Tom's dad says «window tax, mate» about bricked-up windows. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 bricked brick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom's dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **brick** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | 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 does it show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:2 # text = What does it show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | mate | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Builders forgot the windows ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:o1:1 # text = Builders forgot the windows 1 Builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | Builders | the windows | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bricks were cheaper than air ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:o2:1 # text = Bricks were cheaper than air 1 Bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Bricks | | | | | than air; cheap *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Taxes can change how people build and live ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:o3:1 # text = Taxes can change how people build and live 1 Taxes tax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | can | Taxes | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **build** | present | people | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **live** | present | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Windows were illegal ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t5:o4:1 # text = Windows were illegal 1 Windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 illegal illegal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Windows | | | | | illegal *property* | tree rules | **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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