--- title: Gran: "In 1900, folk died at 32, pet." What's more exact? — Humanity today: how many we are, how l… · tree and pragmatics description: Gran: "In 1900, folk died at 32, pet." What's more exact? 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What's more exact? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran folk · **What happens:** die, be · **To what, where:** pet, 32 This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran: "In 1900, folk died at 32, pet." ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:1 # text = Gran: "In 1900, folk died at 32, pet." 1 Gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1900 1900 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | past | Gran folk | pet | | 32 | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:* What's more exact? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:2 # text = What's more exact? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | exact *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nobody lived past 20 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:o1:1 # text = Nobody lived past 20 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 past past ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Nobody | 20 | | | | past *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The average was about 32 because many children died; many adults lived long ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:o2:1 # text = The average was about 32 because many children died; many adults lived long 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 average average NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | 32 | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past | many children | the average *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | past | the average | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} People lived longer then than now ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:o3:1 # text = People lived longer then than now 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | People | | | | then; now | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone died on their 32nd birthday ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t3:o4:1 # text = Everyone died on their 32nd birthday 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 32nd 32nd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Everyone | | | their 32nd birthday | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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