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description: Oscar's brother: "London just burnt down in 1666 and that was it, game over." What actually followed? Test 7 of lesson 73 «Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 7 · Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them…

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Oscar's brother: "London just burnt down in 1666 and that was it, game over." What actually followed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, that · **What happens:** burnt down, be, follow · **To what, where:** London, 1666, it

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This is test 7 of lesson 73 «Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe» 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/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oscar's brother: "London just burnt down in 1666 and that was it, game over."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:1
# text = Oscar's brother: "London just burnt down in 1666 and that was it, game over."
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1666	1666	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	over	over	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt down** *in a quote* | participle · passive | Oscar's brother *not said here* | London |  | 1666 |  | game *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that | it |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What actually followed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:2
# text = What actually followed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle · passive |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The city was rebuilt with brick and stone, and fire brigades and insurance grew

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:o1:1
# text = The city was rebuilt with brick and stone, and fire brigades and insurance grew
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	brigades	brigade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	insurance	insurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rebuild** | past · passive |  | the city |  |  |  | with brick and stone | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **grow** | past | fire brigades and insurance |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fires were banned by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:o2:1
# text = Fires were banned by law
1	Fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive | law | Fires |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fire lasted only ten minutes, so not much needed rebuilding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:o3:1
# text = The fire lasted only ten minutes, so not much needed rebuilding
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	rebuilding	rebuilding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the fire | needed rebuilding |  |  | minute |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
London was left empty for a hundred years while the ashes cooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t7:o4:1
# text = London was left empty for a hundred years while the ashes cooled
1	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | London |  |  | year | the ashes *obl*; empty *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cool** | participle |  | the ashes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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