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# Test 10 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

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Nathan's Cree kokum (grandma): "Missionaries helped make this writing, my boy, but they took things too." What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cree kokum, Missionaries, kokum · **What happens:** help, make, take, mean · **To what, where:** writing, things

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 76 «When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides» 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/76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nathan's Cree kokum (grandma): "Missionaries helped make this writing, my boy, but they took things too."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:1
# text = Nathan's Cree kokum (grandma): "Missionaries helped make this writing, my boy, but they took things too."
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Cree	Cree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	kokum	kokum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
22	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
23	too	too	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** *in a quote* | past | Nathan's Cree kokum |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nathan's Cree kokum *not said here* | this writing |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset writing=Product |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Missionaries *= missionary* | things |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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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 she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:2
# text = What does she mean?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	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 | **mean** | present · do-support | kokum |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Missionaries invented the Cree language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:o1:1
# text = Missionaries invented the Cree language
1	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Cree	Cree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Missionaries | the Cree language |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Missionaries brought writing and schools but often banned local customs and languages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:o2:1
# text = Missionaries brought writing and schools but often banned local customs and languages
1	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	banned	ban	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Missionaries | writing and schools |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent writing=Theme |
| 2 | **ban** | past | Missionaries *not said here* | local customs and languages |  |  |  | often *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer custom=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Missionaries only did harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:o3:1
# text = Missionaries only did harm
1	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Missionaries | harm |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Missionaries only brought good things, and the Cree were glad of every single one of them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t10:o4:1
# text = Missionaries only brought good things, and the Cree were glad of every single one of them
1	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Cree	Cree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Missionaries | good things |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Cree |  |  |  |  | of every single one of Missionaries; glad *property* | tree rules |

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