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title: Arjun's grandad: "The British gave us railways!" His mate's grandad:… — When civilizations meet: conquest, col… · tree and pragmatics
description: Arjun's grandad: "The British gave us railways!" His mate's grandad: "And famines!" Who's right? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 76 «When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 4 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

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Arjun's grandad: "The British gave us railways!" His mate's grandad: "And famines!" Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** give, be · **To what, where:** railways, us

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arjun's grandad: "The British gave us railways!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:1
# text = Arjun's grandad: "The British gave us railways!"
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	railways	railway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | Arjun's grandad | railways | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient railway=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:* His mate's grandad: "And famines!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:2
# text = His mate's grandad: "And famines!"
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	famines	famine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only the railways grandad, since the famines were nothing to do with Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:o1:1
# text = Only the railways grandad, since the famines were nothing to do with Britain
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	railways	railway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	famines	famine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	appos	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the famines |  |  |  | since nothing |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with Britain | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Both are partly right; historians still argue how to weigh it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:o2:1
# text = Both are partly right; historians still argue how to weigh it
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	weigh	weigh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | partly, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | historians |  |  |  | still |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **weigh** | to-infinitive | historians *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither; Britain never ruled India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:o3:1
# text = Neither; Britain never ruled India
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rule** | past | Britain | India |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent india=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the famines grandad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t4:o4:1
# text = Only the famines grandad
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	famines	famine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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