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What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, boy, Migration · **What happens:** come, say, be, not use, happen · **To what, where:** Syria, new thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 78 «Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich» 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/78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom's classmate came from Syria. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:1 # text = Tom's classmate came from Syria. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Syria Syria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Tom's classmate | | | Syria | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from syria=Initial\_Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* A boy says, "Migration's a new thing, it never used to happen." ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:2 # text = A boy says, "Migration's a new thing, it never used to happen." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Migration migration NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Migration | a new thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | past | Migration | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **happen** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Migration *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:3 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Half the world lives abroad ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:o1:1 # text = Half the world lives abroad 1 Half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | half world | | | | | abroad *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody moved before 2000 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:o2:1 # text = Nobody moved before 2000 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 2000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Nobody | | | 2000 | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme before 2000=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People have always moved; about 1 in 30 live outside their birth country now ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:o3:1 # text = People have always moved; about 1 in 30 live outside their birth country now 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 outside outside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present · perfect | People | | | | | always *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | 1 in 30 | | | People's birth country | now | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside country=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Moving country is impossible ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t10:o4:1 # text = Moving country is impossible 1 Moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | country | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent country=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Moving | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | **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. 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