--- title: Chess went from India to Persia to Europe. What happened to it on th… — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: Chess went from India to Persia to Europe. What happened to it on the way? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers Chess went from India to Persia to Europe. What happened to it on the way? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Chess · **What happens:** go, happen · **To what, where:** Persia, India, Chess, way This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» 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/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Chess went from India to Persia to Europe. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:1 # text = Chess went from India to Persia to Europe. 1 Chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Chess | | Persia | India | | to Europe | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from india=Initial\_Location to persia=Destination | 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 happened to it on the way? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:2 # text = What happened to it on the way? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | Chess | the way | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It stayed exactly the same, piece for piece ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:o1:1 # text = It stayed exactly the same, piece for piece 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | It | piece for piece | | | | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was forgotten until 1990 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:o2:1 # text = It was forgotten until 1990 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 until until ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1990 1990 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past · passive | | It | | | until 1990 | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It changed into the game we play today ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:o3:1 # text = It changed into the game we play today 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | It | | | | today | into the game *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into game=Result | | 2 | **play** | present | we | the game *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It turned into football ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t11:o4:1 # text = It turned into football 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | It | | | football | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into football=Trajectory | **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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