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title: Aarav: "Scholars in Toledo translating books? Like Google Translate,… — Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, let… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aarav: "Scholars in Toledo translating books? Like Google Translate, but slow?" What did they actually do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news

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Aarav: "Scholars in Toledo translating books? Like Google Translate, but slow?" What did they actually do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Scholars, books · **What happens:** translate, do · **To what, where:** books

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aarav: "Scholars in Toledo translating books?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:1
# text = Aarav: "Scholars in Toledo translating books?
1	Aarav	Aarav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	translating	translate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** *in a quote* | gerund | Scholars in Toledo *not said here* | books |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient |

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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:* Like Google Translate, but slow?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:2
# text = Like Google Translate, but slow?"
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Translate	Translate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What did they actually do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:3
# text = What did they actually do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | books *= book* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Translated Arabic books into Latin, bringing science to Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:o1:1
# text = Translated Arabic books into Latin, bringing science to Europe
1	Translated	translate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** | past |  | Arabic books |  |  |  | into Latin *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent book=Patient into latin=Result |
| 2 | **bring** | gerund |  | science | Europe |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent science=Theme to europe=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Translated English books into Chinese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:o2:1
# text = Translated English books into Chinese
1	Translated	translate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** | past |  | English books |  |  |  | into Chinese *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent book=Patient into chinese=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Burned all foreign books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:o3:1
# text = Burned all foreign books
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | participle |  | all foreign books |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Built the first computer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t11:o4:1
# text = Built the first computer
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | the first computer |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset computer=Product |

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