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title: In a western film, Plains peoples gallop on horses. Ben's cousin say… — What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, hor… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a western film, Plains peoples gallop on horses. Ben's cousin says, "They had horses since the Ice Age, deffo." What's more exact? Test 7 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 7 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

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In a western film, Plains peoples gallop on horses. Ben's cousin says, "They had horses since the Ice Age, deffo." What's more exact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Plains peoples, cousin, peoples · **What happens:** gallop, say, have, be · **To what, where:** western film, horses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a western film, Plains peoples gallop on horses.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:1
# text = In a western film, Plains peoples gallop on horses.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Plains	Plain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gallop	gallop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop** | present | Plains peoples |  |  | a western film |  | on horses | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Trajectory |

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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:* Ben's cousin says, "They had horses since the Ice Age, deffo."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:2
# text = Ben's cousin says, "They had horses since the Ice Age, deffo."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	since	since	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	deffo	deffo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ben's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | peoples *= people* | horses |  |  | since the Ice Age and deffo |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What's more exact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:3
# text = What's more exact?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | exact *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Horses were never ridden by Plains peoples; the films made it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:o1:1
# text = Horses were never ridden by Plains peoples; the films made it up
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Plains	Plain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ride** | past · passive | Plains peoples | Horses |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **make up** | past | the films | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Horses came to America with the Vikings in about the year 1000, on longships

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:o2:1
# text = Horses came to America with the Vikings in about the year 1000, on longships
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	longships	longship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Horses |  | America | longships | year | with the Vikings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to america=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Horses died out there and came back with the Spanish, then spread fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:o3:1
# text = Horses died out there and came back with the Spanish, then spread fast
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** | past | Horses |  |  | there |  | out *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **come back** | past | Horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the Spanish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **spread** | infinitive | Horses *not said here* |  |  |  | then | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the very same horses lived there for ever and were never gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, the very same horses lived there for ever and were never gone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the same horses |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **go** | past · passive | the same horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V» |

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