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title: Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark." B… — Cities: why they grow, and how water a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark." Before 1807, how were most London streets at night? Test 8 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 q
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# Test 8 · Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them…

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Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark." Before 1807, how were most London streets at night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** most London streets

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:1
# text = Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark."
1	Leah	Leah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	kiddo	kiddo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
13	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Leah's grandad |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | 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:* Before 1807, how were most London streets at night?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:2
# text = Before 1807, how were most London streets at night?
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1807	1807	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | most London streets |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Mostly dark, apart from lamps, candles and torches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:o1:1
# text = Mostly dark, apart from lamps, candles and torches
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As bright as daytime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:o2:1
# text = As bright as daytime
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lit by bright neon signs over the shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:o3:1
# text = Lit by bright neon signs over the shops
1	Lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	neon	neon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  | the shops |  | by bright neon signs | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lit by rows of electric street lamps on every corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe:t8:o4:1
# text = Lit by rows of electric street lamps on every corner
1	Lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  | every corner |  | by rows of electric street lamps | tree rules |

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