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title: Ploy from Thailand: "Siam never got colonised, nah, we was too cleve… — When civilizations meet: conquest, col… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ploy from Thailand: "Siam never got colonised, nah, we was too clever." What should she add? Test 8 · ★★ 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 questio
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# Test 8 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s…

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Ploy from Thailand: "Siam never got colonised, nah, we was too clever." What should she add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ploy, we, Siam · **What happens:** not colonis, be, add · **To what, where:** Siam

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ploy from Thailand: "Siam never got colonised, nah, we was too clever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:1
# text = Ploy from Thailand: "Siam never got colonised, nah, we was too clever."
1	Ploy	ploy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Thailand	Thailand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	colonised	colonis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	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 | **not** **colonis** *in a quote* | past · passive | Ploy from Thailand *not said here* | Siam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  | clever *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:* What should she add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:2
# text = What should she add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	add	add	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 | **add** *speech: assert* | should | Siam |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Siam had no neighbours at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:o1:1
# text = Siam had no neighbours at all
1	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Siam | no neighbours |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Siam was so clever it went on to conquer both Britain and France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:o2:1
# text = Siam was so clever it went on to conquer both Britain and France
1	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	conquer	conquer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc:preconj	_	_
11	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Siam |  |  |  |  | Britain and France *obl*; clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go on** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **conquer** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Siam also gave up some lands to keep the rest free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:o3:1
# text = Siam also gave up some lands to keep the rest free
1	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | Siam | some lands |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Source |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Siam *not said here* | the rest |  |  |  | free *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Siam was a colony of China all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides:t8:o4:1
# text = Siam was a colony of China all along
1	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Siam | a colony |  |  |  | of China; along *property* | tree rules |

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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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