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title: Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars. What does it s… — Trade: why people swap, and the great… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars. What does it show? Test 1 of lesson 70 «Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes» 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.
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# Test 1 · Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes

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Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars. What does it show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, obsidian · **What happens:** ask, get, show · **To what, where:** hundreds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 70 «Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes» 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/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:1
# text = Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	obsidian	obsidian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | obsidian | hundreds of km |  |  | before cars |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hundred=Stimulus |

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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 does it show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | obsidian |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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The Romans drove it there in carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:o1:1
# text = The Romans drove it there in carts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | the Romans | it |  | carts; there |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cart=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was made in a factory just nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:o2:1
# text = It was made in a factory just nearby
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  | a factory |  | nearby *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It flew there all by itself in the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:o3:1
# text = It flew there all by itself in the wind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | It |  |  | the wind; there |  | by itself *= it* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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People traded long before cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:t1:o4:1
# text = People traded long before cities
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past | People |  |  |  | before cities | long *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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