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title: so was india like super behind egypt back then or what? — Ancient India: the Indus cities and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: so was india like super behind egypt back then or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms» 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so was india like super behind egypt back then or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** india

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms» 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/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:t5:1
# text = so was india like super behind egypt back then or what?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	india	india	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	egypt	egypt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | india |  |  |  | like egypt | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, India was empty then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, India was empty then
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | India |  |  |  | then | empty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, India had cars already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:t5:o2:1
# text = No, India had cars already
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | India | cars |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, India had no cities at all until the Romans came to build them

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, India had no cities at all until the Romans came to build them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | India | no cities |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | past | the Romans |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | to-infinitive | the Romans *not said here* | Romans *= roman* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the Indus cities were great at the same time as the pyramids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms:t5:o4:1
# text = No, the Indus cities were great at the same time as the pyramids
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Indus	Indus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Indus cities |  |  |  | time | as the pyramids; great *property* | tree rules |

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