--- title: In modern chess the bishop sits next to the knight. Which chaturanga… — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: In modern chess the bishop sits next to the knight. Which chaturanga piece once stood there? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 choic --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers In modern chess the bishop sits next to the knight. Which chaturanga piece once stood there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bishop, chaturanga piece · **What happens:** sit, stand · **To what, where:** modern chess This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In modern chess the bishop sits next to the knight. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:1 # text = In modern chess the bishop sits next to the knight. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 next next ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | the bishop | | | modern chess | | to the knight; next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chess=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:* Which chaturanga piece once stood there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:2 # text = Which chaturanga piece once stood there? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 chaturanga chaturanga NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | chaturanga piece | | | there | | once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The wizard ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:o1:1 # text = The wizard 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The elephant ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:o2:1 # text = The elephant 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:o3:1 # text = The dragon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The camel driver ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t4:o4:1 # text = The camel driver 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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