--- title: A cartoon says ancient Indians thought the Earth stood still. What d… — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon says ancient Indians thought the Earth stood still. What did Aryabhata say? 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What did Aryabhata say? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, ancient Indians, Earth, Aryabhata · **What happens:** say, think, stand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon says ancient Indians thought the Earth stood still. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:1 # text = A cartoon says ancient Indians thought the Earth stood still. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | ancient Indians | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | the Earth | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What did Aryabhata say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:2 # text = What did Aryabhata say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Aryabhata Aryabhata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Aryabhata | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} That the Sun spins round it daily ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:o1:1 # text = That the Sun spins round it daily 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 daily daily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | That | | | Sun | | daily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme round it=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That the Earth spins ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:o2:1 # text = That the Earth spins 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | the Earth | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} That the Earth is hollow ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:o3:1 # text = That the Earth is hollow 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Earth | | | | | hollow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the Earth is flat and still ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t7:o4:1 # text = That the Earth is flat and still 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Earth | | | | | flat *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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