--- title: Aisha says the treaty at the UN is older than Jesus. Is that right? — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie… · tree and pragmatics description: Aisha says the treaty at the UN is older than Jesus. Is that right? Test 8 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time Aisha says the treaty at the UN is older than Jesus. Is that right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aisha, treaty, that · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisha says the treaty at the UN is older than Jesus. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:1 # text = Aisha says the treaty at the UN is older than Jesus. 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 treaty treaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 UN UN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 ccomp _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aisha | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the treaty at the UN | | | | | than Jesus; old *property* | tree rules | 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:* Is that right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:2 # text = Is that right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, it is from 1066 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:o1:1 # text = No, it is from 1066 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1066 1066 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | 1066 | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, it is from around 1259 BCE ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, it is from around 1259 BCE 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1259 1259 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 8 BCE BCE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | 1259 | | BCE *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it was signed in 1945 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:o3:1 # text = No, it was signed in 1945 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 signed sign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1945 1945 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | past · passive | | it | | 1945 | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1945=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, it is 300,000 years old ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is 300,000 years old 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 300,000 300000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | year | old *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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