--- title: Why is Ashoka's change of heart so famous? — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is Ashoka's change of heart so famous? Test 3 · ★★★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers Why is Ashoka's change of heart so famous? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** change, heart · **What happens:** be, change This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t3:1 # text = Why is Ashoka's change of heart so famous? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Ashoka Ashoka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ashoka's change of heart | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | | heart | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He won every war with no one hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t3:o1:1 # text = He won every war with no one hurt 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | He | every war | | | | with no one | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | | no one *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} He invented the number zero ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t3:o2:1 # text = He invented the number zero 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past | He | the number | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was the only king in all of history who never fought any war ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t3:o3:1 # text = He was the only king in all of history who never fought any war 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the only king | | all history | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fight** | past | the only king | any war | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A great conqueror chose kindness after seeing suffering ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t3:o4:1 # text = A great conqueror chose kindness after seeing suffering 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | a great conqueror | kindness | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | a great conqueror *not said here* | suffering | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer suffering=Stimulus | **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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